big-box
Retailer with scale
Big-box describes large retail stores with warehouse-like architecture, typically found in suburban shopping centers: big-box stores, big-box retailers.
The name comes from their boxy, no-frills buildings.
These stores—hardware chains, membership warehouses, electronics retailers—emphasize volume and low prices over atmosphere: The big-box stores drove the local hardware shop out of business.
Bulk goods storage building
- supercenterLarge combined retail store
- megastoreEnormous retail establishment
- superstoreVery large retail outlet
- hypermarketHuge retail combining departments
discount · bulk · wholesale · outlet · department · franchise · chain · inventory
Extend in disorderly fashion
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- outskirtsOuter parts of town
- commuteRegular work travel
interchange · freeway · exurb · plaza · arterial · traffic · acreage · signage
For widespread commercial sale
- corporateOf or relating to companies
- overstockSurplus goods beyond demand
- economySystem of trade and production
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
commodification · disposable · overconsumption · throwaway · bargain · advertising · materialism · homogenization
warehouse
Bulk goods storage building
- supercenterLarge combined retail store
- megastoreEnormous retail establishment
- superstoreVery large retail outlet
hypermarket · discount · bulk · wholesale · outlet · department · franchise · chain · inventory · merchandise
sprawl
Extend in disorderly fashion
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- outskirtsOuter parts of town
commute · interchange · freeway · exurb · plaza · arterial · traffic · acreage · signage · setback
mass-market
For widespread commercial sale
- corporateOf or relating to companies
- overstockSurplus goods beyond demand
- economySystem of trade and production
marketplace · commodification · disposable · overconsumption · throwaway · bargain · advertising · materialism · homogenization · globalization
- SuperstoresWalmart, Costco, Sam's Club, superstore, megastore
- RetailersWalmart, Costco, Kmart, Meijer, JCPenney
big-boxboutique
Small specialized retail shop
mom-and-pop · corner store · mom-and-pop store · neighborhood shop · specialty store
big-boxboutique
Small specialized retail shop
white-glove service · specialty shop · personal shopping · craft store
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