What is a Flagship store?

Answer 1

A flagship store is the main company owned retail outlet that precedes over Franchisee or any other same brand store in an geographically demarcated area.

Answer 2

This term is a holdover from the days of sailing fleets, the English dominated seas, and colonial days of America. In those times, all fleets had a flagship and that ship was the one on which the Commodore of the Fleet resided. That ship flew the Commodore's Flag whenever he was aboard.

As was typical of most large scale ventures in those times, important people usually had some side line business activity to enhance their purses. The Commodores were not exceptions. They had Commisarys of sorts on their chosen vessels which were often the biggest and most powerful vessels in the fleets.
All of the other smaller vessels had few if any items for sale to their crewmen. So if one wanted to purchase chews of tobacco, or new pants, those items had to come from the Flagship Commisary. the Commodores always made tidy little fees off of sales from the ship's store.

Over time this term was slurred a little bit to mean that while some stores existed, only the Store on the Flagship had everything a person might need. Thus, the best stores in the land became known as Flagship Stores.

In modern times flagship stores are often the first store opened in a chain of stores (home office), or the largest and most profitable store within a chain. Flagship Stores frequently offer a host of services not available in ordinary branch stores.

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Zahbudar

Answer 3

A flagship is the ship used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships. The term originates from the custom of the commanding officer (usually, but not always, a flag officer) to fly a distinguishing flag.

Used in this way, "flagship" is fundamentally a temporary designation; the flagship is wherever the admiral is flying his flag. However, admirals have always needed additional facilities; a meeting room large enough to hold all the captains of the fleet, and a place for the admiral's staff to make plans and draw up orders.

In the age of sailing ships, the flagship was typically a first-rate; the aft of one of the three decks would become the admiral's quarters and staff offices. This can be seen today on HMS Victory, the flagship of Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, now at Portsmouth, England.

In the 20th century, ships became large enough that most types could accommodate commander and staff, and during World War II admirals would often prefer a faster ship over the largest one. Increasing communications and computing requirements have resulted in the design of specialized command and control ships to serve as flagship. Thus, today the flagship of a fleet is usually the best-equipped, and most famous ship from whence orders come.

Answer 4

Working in a flagship store I was informed that our store's emphasis is "the benchmark for any standard and quality or service to be expected from other stores". We do not have the main office within our store as they are located outside of london
its a bookstore franchise I would name but feel it would sound like a plug.

Answer 5

It is probably the newest and most up to date store under any company name.

Answer 6

the best store out of the rest

Answer 7

It's a company/business's BEST store - often (say if it's a franchise group) it will be their biggest, best-equipped and most modern store.

Answer 8

it means a leading store.

Answer 9

My guess would be that it is the main store.

Answer 10

ARR! Ye might think it's already planked???