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Clothes store with popular range expected to succeed (4,2,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

next in line

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'clothes store' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'popular range expected to succeed' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'popular' could be 'in' ('in' can mean trendy) and 'in' is found within the answer.
'range' could be 'line' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'line' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'next' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'with' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for next in line that I've seen is " Person ready to take over".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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