Big-box store

a big-box store is a large, free standing rectangular single floor store built on a concrete slab. they are incredibly wasteful and ugly to look at having no aesthetic value what so ever. typically have very large parking lots with no trees.

also sometimes called a superstore, megastore, or supercenter.
walmart is a good example of a big-box store.
large, high-volume stores. i.e., circuit city, ikea, target, home depot, best buy, etc.
the new shopping center outside of town has acres and acres of big-box stores.
a large department store modeling the architectural design of a warehouse. these are usually built in the suburbs where land is much cheaper than downtown.

so named because they resemble shipping giant boxes plopped in the middle of a sea of parking.
big lots, target, best buy, circuit city (rip), and bed, bath & beyond.

the king of big box stores: walmart.
a large store (superstore) run by a major corporation.

no one knows where the term came from (because the store’s goods are shipped in big boxes? because the store looks like a big box?) as a result, anyone using the term should be slapped with a large trout for using a phrase which they themselves don’t really understand.
in today’s financial news, big box store target is increasing its compet-tion against big box store walmart. ow, that trout hurt!
a chain of physically large stores.
walmart, kmart, circuit city are all big box stores.