independent store in a sentence

Examples

1. Canned Foods opened its first independent store in Redmond, Oregon in 1973.
2. Twenty years ago, a lot of independent stores would rent books.
3. Independent stores increasingly try to compete on everything but new releases.
4. It can be found at some independent stores, but not the major chains.
5. Independent stores, meanwhile, tended to order limited numbers of Y2K titles.
6. "I've gone to Armani, Kenneth Cole and some of the other independent stores.
7. "It's a way for independent stores to differentiate themselves from the chains ."
8. In addition, some independent stores now discount best sellers as well.
9. Independent stores have suffered, with chains like Tower and HMV flagging, as well.
10. The mall has received some criticism in recent years for forcing out independent stores.