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==Economy==
[[The Giant Company]], a regional supermarket chain operating stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia under the '''Giant''' and '''Martin's''' brands is headquartered in Carlisle.
Leading industries in Carlisle's past have included Carlisle Tire and Rubber Company (founded 1917), Masland Carpets (founded 1866), and The Frog, Switch and Manufacturing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co/The |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/FRSW:US |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref> Carlisle Tire and Rubber and Masland Carpets have since gone out of business, and both plants were demolished in 2013. [[Amazon.com]] is one of several warehouse facilities in the city. In 2013, [[Apple, Inc.|Apple]] opened an [[AppleCare]] device repair facility southeast of the Interstate 81 overpass over the Pennsylvania Turnpike to cover American customers east of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://9to5mac.com/2013/10/29/apple-opens-up-new-east-coast-u-s-applecare-center-to-speed-up-repairs/|title=Apple opens up new East Coast U.S. AppleCare center to speed up repairs|last=Gurman|first=Mark|date=29 October 2013|publisher=[[9to5Mac]]|access-date=17 August 2020}}</ref>▼
Leading industries in Carlisle's past have included Carlisle Tire and Rubber Company (founded 1917), Masland Carpets (founded 1866), and The Frog, Switch and Manufacturing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Frog Switch & Manufacturing Co/The |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/FRSW:US |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref> Carlisle Tire and Rubber and Masland Carpets have since gone out of business, and both plants were demolished in 2013.
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==Arts and culture==
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