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dark stores

dark stores is the plural of dark store.

Meaning of dark store

Noun

dark store (plural dark stores)

  1. A distribution center, usually a large warehouse, not open to the public, containing the physical goods sold by the online operations of a supermarket or other retail outlet.
    • "Food online is growing really well for us," said Towle adding it would need "tens" rather than "hundreds" of dark stores as it will also continue to pick orders from normal supermarkets.2012 September 24, Zoe Wood, quoting Ken Towle, “Tesco expands 'dark stores' programme to cash in on online shopping boom”, in The Guardian

Questions about dark stores

What is dark stores the plural of?
Dark stores is the plural of dark store.

Words near dark stores in the dictionary

  1. dark spaces
  2. dark spinach
  3. dark star
  4. dark stars
  5. dark store
  6. dark stores
  7. dark territories
  8. dark territory
  9. dark thirty
  10. dark tourism
  11. dark tourist

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