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The article [[Department store]] states that a discount store is a type of department store. However, this article states that [[discount store]]s 'are often referred to by shoppers as "department stores", although in the retail world, the label is more accurately applied to larger-format stores'. Anyone familiar with these terms know what a discount store is, and if it really is a department store? [[User:68.226.61.4|68.226.61.4]] 04:40, 1 May 2006 (UTC) |
The article [[Department store]] states that a discount store is a type of department store. However, this article states that [[discount store]]s 'are often referred to by shoppers as "department stores", although in the retail world, the label is more accurately applied to larger-format stores'. Anyone familiar with these terms know what a discount store is, and if it really is a department store? [[User:68.226.61.4|68.226.61.4]] 04:40, 1 May 2006 (UTC) |
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:A "discount store" is NOT a type of department store. A "discount department store" is a type of department store. They include [[Wal-Mart]], [[Target Corporation|Target]], and [[Kmart]]. 22:46, 1 May 2006 (UTC) [[User:Alexzero77|Alexzero77]] |
:A "discount store" is NOT a type of department store. A "discount department store" is a type of department store. They include [[Wal-Mart]], [[Target Corporation|Target]], and [[Kmart]]. 22:46, 1 May 2006 (UTC) [[User:Alexzero77|Alexzero77]] |
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::I've never seen Target, Wal-Mart, and K-Mart described as department stores, only as discount stores or big-box stores. I am an avid reader of the L.A. Times, the N.Y. Times, the Washington Post, the San Jose Mercury News, the San Francisco Chronicle, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, Business Week, etc. Can you provide a reference for that unusual usage? --[[User:Coolcaesar|Coolcaesar]] 06:11, 4 May 2006 (UTC) |
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Department store, contradiction
The article Department store states that a discount store is a type of department store. However, this article states that discount stores 'are often referred to by shoppers as "department stores", although in the retail world, the label is more accurately applied to larger-format stores'. Anyone familiar with these terms know what a discount store is, and if it really is a department store? 68.226.61.4 04:40, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- A "discount store" is NOT a type of department store. A "discount department store" is a type of department store. They include Wal-Mart, Target, and Kmart. 22:46, 1 May 2006 (UTC) Alexzero77
- I've never seen Target, Wal-Mart, and K-Mart described as department stores, only as discount stores or big-box stores. I am an avid reader of the L.A. Times, the N.Y. Times, the Washington Post, the San Jose Mercury News, the San Francisco Chronicle, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, Business Week, etc. Can you provide a reference for that unusual usage? --Coolcaesar 06:11, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
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