Sentence examples for sell off stores from inspiring English sources

The UK's competition watchdog took a hammering for almost scuppering the tie-up between Poundland and 99p Stores by warning the enlarged group would have to sell off stores, so we should probably applaud its lack of interference here.

It sold off stores in France, Spain and other parts of Europe while seeking to pull out of units in the United States, including Kings Supermarkets and the Brooks Brothers retail clothing chain.

The deal, part of Burger Kings sell off of corporate owned stores, included a stipulation that the Heartland update 275 of its locations to current appearance standards.

But at a certain point, you'll have to start choosing what to store and what to sell off.

Burger King Worldwide is now almost completely franchised, with just 19 stores in Spain left to sell off.

Gap climbed $1.69, to $20.59, after posting strong January sales and saying it would sell off its stores in Germany.

In the late 1990s, he persuaded the rest of the family to sell off the grocery stores they owned and build up operations in real estate and banking.

Under the terms of the commission's ruling, Sir Ken will have to sell off 53 Safeway stores in towns where there are also Morrisons nearby.

Republicans who have taken over state capitols across the country are promising to respond to crippling budget deficits with an array of cuts, among them proposals to reduce public workers' benefits in Wisconsin, scale back social services in Maine and sell off state liquor stores in Pennsylvania, endangering the jobs of thousands of state workers.

It is unclear whether the administration of Comet would be a precursor to a sale, or result in a break-up with stores sold off to other retailers.

The company sold off BHS's flagship store on Oxford Street and its warehouse in Atherstone, Warwickshire, with some of the proceeds used to pay off a loan Retail Acquisitions had taken out.