It plans to expand the test into 60 more U.S. stores, as well as 10 European and 10 Australian stores, most of which will open in the first half of the year.
The government is funding 15 trials in 18 local authorities to test approaches to expand free early education and look at best practice across the country.
Lower start-up costs and less strict worker protection make it easier for innovative entrepreneurs in America to experiment on a small scale (hence the smaller size of new firms), to test the markets and to expand.