As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
ETAPE
É`tape", n. [F. Cf. Staple a mart.]
1.
Definition: A public storehouse.
2. Supplies issued to troops on the march; hence (Mil.),
Definition: the place where troops on the march halt over night; also, by extension, the distance marched during a day.
3. In Russia, a prison or stockade for the confinement of prisoners in transit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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