11.   As soon as the toy and electronics stores opened, planning for how the holidays would be handled on the Amazon site began in earnest.

12.   As more and more outlet stores opened, the Basement found it harder to stock its racks with the designer apparel that made it famous.

13.   At the Oaks mall in Thousand Oaks, four new stores open this month.

14.   At the commissary, where prisoners can buy personal items like candy bars, the store once opened onto a long corridor.

15.   A Charlotte store opens later next month.

16.   A more humble store opened this year three blocks north.

17.   A few clothing stores opened but business was almost nonexistent.

18.   A Pulitzer store opened on Newbury Street last month, just in time for a spring fashion forecast that heralds the return of preppy chic.

19.   A new store will be opening in Houston in the next few weeks and the company is expanding elsewhere as well.

20.   A second U.S. store will open in Bal Harbour, Fla., next spring.