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opened its 500th store. It continued growing exponentially. In 2021, there are more than 1,800 stores across Europe. In
November 2023 they opened their 2500th store.
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914:Discount stores of the Netherlands
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194:Action store in Overmere, Belgium
899:Companies based in North Holland
756:Red Apple and The Bargain! Shop
202:Action in department store in
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164:~70,000 (2023)
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108:Areas served
81:Headquarters
41:Company type
879:(Australia)
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831:Dollar Tree
751:Hart Stores
741:Giant Tiger
481:(Hong Kong)
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223:Netherlands
91:Netherlands
893:Categories
841:Five Below
810:ABC Stores
384:(in Dutch)
367:2024-03-21
345:9 November
290:References
243:Luxembourg
174:action.com
118:Key people
731:Dollarama
667:QD stores
657:Poundland
637:OneBeyond
589:(Finland)
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571:(Denmark)
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539:EuroGiant
283:Enkhuizen
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74:Enkhuizen
815:Big Lots
782:Casa Ley
587:Tokmanni
581:Karstadt
565:(France)
563:Monoprix
514:Mainland
267:Portugal
263:Slovakia
206:, Poland
133:Chairman
51:Industry
864:Oceania
707:America
687:WHSmith
612:B&M
605:Kingdom
577:(Italy)
535:(Spain)
487:(Japan)
277:History
239:Austria
231:Germany
227:Belgium
169:Website
140:Revenue
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796:United
775:Mexico
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714:Canada
603:United
593:Zeeman
569:Normal
521:Action
507:Europe
388:4 June
247:Poland
235:France
211:Action
55:Retail
27:Action
871:Daiso
820:Daiso
761:Rossy
705:North
682:Wilko
622:Boyes
551:føtex
527:Dealz
491:Hands
467:Daiso
259:Spain
255:Italy
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148:Owner
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557:HEMA
485:Loft
454:Asia
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