The spread of dollar stores has come during a period of decline of the general store, a Vermont institution that in many towns served as a meeting place and all-purpose emporium.
c)The spread of "behemoth stores" like Wal-Mart.
The spread of discount stores, and later the huge, specialized "category killers," made the Woolworth five-and-dime format obsolete, a relic of retailing.
He found a ready audience: le petit commerçant was increasingly squeezed between the spread of chain stores and a heavy-handed state bureaucracy.
With a few exceptions, the authors regard the spread of chain stores and the proliferation of family-friendly zones as disturbing proof that the city is slouching toward Westchester.
Mr. Bruhn's group, which seeks to protect what it calls "the essential character of Vermont," has been tracking the spread of dollar stores since 2010; it provides grant money to citizens' groups that oppose them, including Mr. Cunningham's.
A table in the back offered a spread of hamburgers, store-bought cookies and something simmering in a crockpot.
A map of the world is dotted with glowing lights to show the spread of its 555 stores, and a wall panel charts fabric inventions from "cashco," a blend of cotton and cashmere, developed in 1993, to the high-tech "cool effect" fabric in 2007.
He specializes in retail businesses with hundreds of stores spread throughout the country.
But in truth the spread of newer and bigger stores and malls caused an awful lot of retail vacancy even during the boom years.
