The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #139000   Message #3185873
Posted By: Gurney
12-Jul-11 - 03:31 AM
Thread Name: BS: More on transAtlantic distinctions
Subject: RE: BS: More on transAtlantic distinctions
Shops in Britain, stores in the US. Transpacific, we're getting more 'stores,' sometimes 'Outlet Stores' because we tend to English English, and you don't retail from a store. You store in a store.
Chemist's Shop/Drug Store.

Although my dictionary does give the example "We bought it from a shop in Cape Cod."