emporium

He put his usual wares into storage and turned his store into an emporium for Halloween merchandise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

As for the merchandise emporium, well … that’s where the credit card starts heating up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

“Bread of Angels” does take readers to March 9, 1976, the night Smith met the love of her life, standing next to a radiator in a hot dog emporium in downtown Detroit.

From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2025

Have you ever wanted to put a little action on a game of skee-ball at an iconic arcade emporium with locations all over the country?

From Slate ● May 1, 2024

He’d stride south on Broadway to Greenwich Village, and make his way to the Four Continents Book Store, an emporium of Russian-language books, music recordings, periodicals, and handmade gifts such as nested martryoshka dolls.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Among the clients whose kitchens Ms. Wollack has transformed into sleek cabinet emporia: the actress Hilary Duff, whose blue-paneled kitchen does, despite appearances, include a refrigerator.

From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021

Avila Retail has nearly two dozen specialty stores based in airports, including its Earth Spirit folk-art emporia and the awkwardly named Indigenous, which peddles Native American crafts at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2017

Not every community welcomed these hot tub emporia with open bathrobes.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2015

After cruising the shops and antiques emporia of Bethnal Green, we queue at the bagel shop in Brick Lane and buy five dozen for the freezer.

From Newsweek ● Apr. 12, 2015

The elder girls had accepted positions in the various emporia of the village as soon as they could.

From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes

Once a fringe fixture of comic-book stores and hobby emporiums, a trading-card game has become a powerhouse in the toy industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Before the interactive, make-a-mess emporiums became a reality, Robinovitz was struggling to simply get through the day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

"People are hunting out bargains whether they're found in the sales aisles being well stocked by department stores, or in charity shops or other second-hand emporiums."

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2023

Its home-goods emporiums full of towels and kitchen aids — all available at a reduced price with that big blue coupon — were beacons that kept shoppers coming back.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2023

Perry was well acquainted with the workings of such emporiums, having often patronized them, and happily, since usually he found it “so relaxing” to sit quietly and watch clothes get clean.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote