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round and choose what they want. It is a very expensive department
store, that is why most Londoners go to cheaper shops: Marks and
Spenser’s for clothes and supermarkets for food.

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The ABC of Shopping in the U.S.A.

“A shopping center is a group of stores built as a unit with on-
site parking. In large shopping centers, the stores may be arranged
around an open pedestrian area called a mall. Some malls are enclosed so
that people can shop comfortably in any kind of weather. Large shopping
centers may also contain such places as hotels, restaurants, a library,
banks, a post office, medical clinics, and parks.
Most shopping centers are owned by a single firm and rented out
to tenants. The center will succeed only if the tenants are successful.
The owner seeks to attract shoppers to the center to create a busy market
setting for tenants. The firm chooses a site that is easily reached by the
population it wants to serve.”

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“A department store is a large store that sells many kinds of
goods in separate departments under one management. In a typical
department store, perfumes, jewelry, and similar articles are located on
the first floor, and clothing, furniture and appliances are on the upper
floors. Some department stores sell bargain merchandise in the
basement. Many stores are largely self-service.
Some of the better-known U.S. department stores are Bloomingdale’s
and Macy's.”
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“Supermarket is a large store that sells food and various other
products. Supermarkets differ from other grocery shops chiefly in their

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Друкується за матеріалом з The World Book Encyclopedia. London:
World Book Inc., 1994. Vol. 3, p.370; Vol. 5, p.149; Vol. 17, pp.433-434; Vol.
18, pp.993-994.

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