What is Big Box Store?
1.
A large store (
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!
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2.
A chain of physically large stores.
Walmart, Kmart, Circuit City are all big box stores.
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