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Small Business
(redirected from Mom and pop shop)

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A type of enterprise that is independently owned and operated, has few employees, does a small amount of business, and is not predominant in its area of operation.

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Sole Proprietorship.



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Needless to say, the neighborhood mom and pop shop owners were usually not keen to give their consent to the opening of large, modern, clean stores, often with on-site parking, longer hours and selling a greater variety of products less expensively than mom and pop ever could.
A Yokohama neighborhood's battle to cut through red tape: an American ... by Newman, Glenn / Japan Inc.
It's ludicrous to make this out as a mom and pop shop," he said.
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