Sentence examples for as a single store from inspiring English sources
The 28,000-employee chain, founded in 1936 as a single store, will retain its name, headquarters and management team.
Plasticland, now an online boutique selling clothes, home décor and jewelry, started in 2002 as a single store in San Diego.
The company started as a single store, but about a decade later it was a national chain on the heels of filing an IPO.
Started as a single store in 1929 by Jack Cohen, who used to run a London market stall, the chain had hit rock bottom by the time Mr Leahy joined.
Whole Foods' ultimate parent company, which began as a single store in Austin, Texas, in 1978, has said it is committed to investing in the UK despite problems in its home market where sales growth is slowing in the face of increasing competition.
But for most of its history, Bendel had operated as a single store, famous for its "store of shops" concept and the image of high fashion, seen recently in its cameos on "Gossip Girl" and, under a pseudonym, in "Confessions of a Shopaholic".
Mackey has led Whole Foods as it's grown from a single store in Austin, Texas, founded in 1978, to an $11 billion Fortune 300 company, and a top U.S. supermarket with more than 340 stores and 70,000 Team Members worldwide.
"You've taken what was an iconic experience, as a single-store entity, and you've turned it into a limited range of nostalgic products," he said.
It began as a single shoe store in Atlanta and grew nationally to become the largest chain of women's shoe stores in the country.
Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores was founded in 1943 as a single retail store.
