Big Box Store Edit Meaning

1.

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 competition against big box store WalMart. Ow, that trout hurt!

See superstore, walmart, target, ZOC

2.

A chain of physically large stores.

Walmart, Kmart, Circuit City are all big box stores.

See wallmart, walmart, kmart