Old-line department-store chain John Lewis added a line of prom dresses this year, and tuxedo-rental stores report a jump in business from kids this time of year.

老字号连锁百货公司John Lewis今年增加了一系列毕业舞会服装。 而男士晚礼服出租店也反映，今年这段时间小孩生意有所增加。

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Consider, for example, the case of a large chain of retail stores. Is the accounting entity the whole business, a regional operation, a single store or a single department in that store?

以一个大型零售连锁企业为例，会计主体是该整个连锁店、区域性经营单位、某个分店还是分店里的一个部门？

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BBK, Ocean Department Store, crystal beads square, star of these "landscaping" of the business, and now no longer satisfied with a few Christmas trees and decorations around the place a few potted up.

步步高、大洋百货、晶珠广场、星级酒店这些“造景”的商家，如今已经不再满足于在圣诞节前后摆放几棵树和装饰几盆花了。

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The department store business is still viable, in my opinion.

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Robbins had a business analyst client who was talking to a fancy department store chain where he would have had to dress formally every day.

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As for Macy's, having another major department store sell Martha Stewart towels, pots and other merchandise could dilute its business.

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