Sentence examples for targeted shops from inspiring English sources

UK Uncut has also targeted shops run by Sir Philip Green's Arcadia fashion retail empire.

In Wood Green about 100 youths targeted shops, including electrical stores and clothes chains such as H&M.

Although the start of the English riots was notable for intense violence against police, the second night consisted mainly of roaming gangs who targeted shops and warehouses.

It had been gutted by fire on Feb. 12, a wild night when marauding bands of arsonists with Molotov cocktails targeted shops and buildings, most of them historic, while just blocks away the Greek Parliament approved the latest package of austerity measures demanded by Greece's troika of foreign lenders.

Armed groups have targeted shops run by African immigrants, accusing them of taking jobs from locals.

They also targeted shops in Newbury, Norwich, Peterborough and St Albans on Saturday.

It's all about targeted shopping.

As NHS staff, teachers, students, pensioners, artists and actors marched peacefully through London to a rally in Hyde Park, a hardcore of militant activists rampaged through the West End, targeting shops, banks and the Ritz hotel.

There were disturbances across Brazil's biggest city, with protesters also targeting shops, banks and the opera house.

As unrest spread across other townships, police rounded up more than 120 people for targeting shops owned by Somalis, Ethiopians and Pakistanis.

Last week, the US embassy warned of an imminent threat, saying attacks could target shopping centres and nightclubs where foreigners gather.