Big-box
pertaining to or noting a very large retail store that does a high volume of business and usually has low prices:
Big-box retailers claim that they create jobs and boost tax revenue.
Contemporary Examples
Anthony Swofford on America’s Best War Writer, Karl Marlantes Anthony Swofford November 11, 2011
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks M.L. Nestel December 18, 2014
American Express Charges Backward, Laying Off 5,400 Daniel Gross January 10, 2013
Why Is Walmart Paying Chris Christie’s Pals? David Freedlander February 17, 2014
Walmart Protesters Tell One Story, and Employees Tell Another Winston Ross September 4, 2013
Electricity Superhighway October 15, 2014
Does Wal-Mart Make You Skinny? Radley Balko May 15, 2009
Is the White Working Class Coming Apart? David Frum February 5, 2012
Walmart Lifts Black Friday’s Curse James Poulos November 25, 2014
Why Best Buy Is Tanking Alex Klein August 20, 2012
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