LONG, COLD ... SUMMER?JC Penney has withdrawn from Chile citing logistical lo·gis·tic also lo·gis·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to symbolic logic. 2. Of or relating to logistics. [Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation problems partly due to opposite seasons above and below the Equator equator, imaginary great circle around the earth, everywhere equidistant from the two geographical poles and forming the base line from which latitude is reckoned. The equator, which measures c.24,902 mi (40,076 km), is designated as lat. 0°. . The U.S. department store chain couldn't use its bulk-buying might to achieve low, low prices on merchandise because summer is winter and winter is summer depending upon where you are in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The company had planned to open five stores at $7 million each. Instead, Almacenes Paris of Chile bought JC Penney's lone store in Santiago. JC Penney will continue operating its stores in Brazil, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. and Mexico. |
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