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PriceSmart.


PRICESMART, a U.S. hypermarket hy·per·mar·ket  
n.
A very large commercial establishment that is a combination of a department store and a supermarket.


hypermarket
Noun

a huge self-service store [translation of French
 chain, and Grupo Gigante, a Mexican Mexican

named after or originating in Mexico.


Mexican axolotl
see ambystomamexicanum.

Mexican beaded lizard
(Heloderma horridum
 conglomerate conglomerate, in business
conglomerate, corporation whose asset growth, often very rapid, comes largely through the acquisition of, or merger with, other firms whose products are largely unrelated to each other or to that of the parent company.
, were closing three PriceSmart stores in Mexico. A company created by both partners is considering what to do with the assets.
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Title Annotation:MEXICO
Publication:Latin Trade
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1MEX
Date:May 1, 2005
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