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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/11/13 2:38 PM, Brad Neuhauser
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<div dir="ltr">Martin,<br>
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I agree with a lot of what you're saying about department
stores, but not with what you're calling supermarket. I think
the wikipedia entry for supermarkets is good, so will suggest
you read that: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarket">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarket</a>
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As I said, department_store seemed like the best of available
options, but not a precise fit. Maybe (to circle back to an
earlier part of this thread) we should try to find another term?
I'd never heard of hypermarket before today (well, outside of
science fiction), but it has a wikipedia article and makes as
much sense as anything. That'd probably be something to take to
the tagging list...<br>
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classically, the tier of stores under discussion (k-mart, walmart,
target, etc.)<br>
are discount department stores or discount stores for short.
there's actually<br>
some interesting legal history about their existence but it's
probably a little<br>
offtopic.<br>
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i'm not sure the distinction is important any more, since higher end<br>
department stores are now prone to discount heavily, usually in the<br>
form of near-eternal sales. so looking for department store gets you<br>
both Walmart and Macy's - most consumers know the difference<br>
between the two, at least in their native land. a British user will<br>
know perfectly well what Marks & Spencer means when they query<br>
department_store.<br>
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richard<br>
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