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When the Association of Community Employments Programs for the Homeless ACE founded by Henry Buhl decided that they could no longer afford to clean Broadway because revenue from the mega-stores there was inadequate to cover their costs, the decision was made to look into the creation of a BID.
Roslyn Bernstein: Bye Bye BID? SoHo Fights Back Roslyn Bernstein 2011
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This is a great tool for smaller businesses who sometimes cannot keep up with the mega-stores.
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On related note, it seems that many localities effectively prohibit the sale of smut, so “adult mega-stores” pop-out in various wild locations.
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The country ' s largest bookstore chain said Thursday it has built 3,000-square-foot boutiques dedicated to children ' s games and toys in five of its mega-stores.
Bookseller Adds Toys Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg 2010
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But … the basic problem is that the number of outlets for books is continuing to diminish, and except in the mega-stores or the minimal numbers of F&SF specialty stores, the range of choice is almost non-existent.
F&SF Fiction as an "Arthouse" Relic? « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2008
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But … the basic problem is that the number of outlets for books is continuing to diminish, and except in the mega-stores or the minimal numbers of F&SF specialty stores, the range of choice is almost non-existent.
January « 2008 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2008
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NBC Dallas-Fort Worth: Many may be familiar with the Wal-Mart greeter; the kind smiling individual standing at the opening of one of those mega-stores, ready to say hello.
Archive 2009-02-01 Bill Crider 2009
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She passed rows of small brick-front businesses, untouched by the mega-stores.
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Plus, to top it all off, it saves consumers 10 to 20 cents per gallon of milk, and cost savings is what brings many shoppers in to the discount mega-stores.
Collin Dunn: Is Greener Packaging Worth a Little Spilled Milk? 2008
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I had a half dozen calls from radio and TV stations over this long shopping weekend asking me to talk about why consumers are so hungry to shop, why housewives were camping out at 3 AM Friday morning to make the 4 AM opening of mega-stores like Target.
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