Many analysts think customers increasingly want the low prices, easy parking and broad assortment of goods that discounters provide.
All Gerhartsreiter had to do was call himself "Clark Rockefeller," and he carried along with the name an assortment of beliefs — about his social connections, the amount of money in his bank account, and a broad assortment of other things.
The Dodgers wanted a broad assortment of documents, ranging from those showing how baseball has treated other teams to Commissioner Bud Selig's approval of other clubs' TV deals.
Sarah Gelman, a spokeswoman for Amazon, said in an e-mail, "We are happy to again be lowering prices on a broad assortment of HarperCollins titles".
Amazon declined to comment beyond saying, "We have lowered prices for customers from the prices publishers set on a broad assortment of Kindle books".
We have a longstanding record of engaging with a broad assortment of groups on a bipartisan basis, both at the national and local level.
The venue originally featured Vaudeville and variety shows, and continues to book a broad assortment of offerings – from comedy to film screenings to live music.
"It's a better business for everyone," Ms. Comer Williams said, "if sales are spread across a broad assortment of products, rather than concentrated on one or two".
Her second collection — "Diane Arbus: Magazine Work," published in 1984 — contains a broad assortment of believers: soothsayers, nudists, girls at fat camp, singles in love.
But Buckle, another mall store, has been doing even better with teenagers, gaining ground with a broad assortment of labels and styles, including Lucky Brand, Betsey Johnson, Diesel and Roxy.
