Ebert, a former police officer in Killeen, said the store counts local law enforcement agencies among its customers and said the store has a strong record of complying with federal regulations.
Retailers, meanwhile, have done a decent job adjusting to the new reality, Davidowitz acknowledges, by slashing overhead and downsizing payrolls and store counts.
"Peter Lynch took some tough-minded steps over the past three years in consolidating operations, reducing store counts and exiting markets," wrote Roger Saunders, managing director, BIGResearch.
Update, 6/19/15: Starbucks updated its corporate announcement on its newsroom site today to note that the store counts were correct but there were four states included in the list that should not have been (Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota).
Store counts are all customer-facing U.S. locations operated by the company.
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