modern-furniture is an online (only) shopping site - generally these are not listed in Regional localities. Regional is normally for "bricks and mortar" store sites. The akostores site is the one that fits that definition. No, it wasn't submitted (that I know of), I substituted it. The probability otherwise is that modern-furniture would have been rejected or moved to a different part of the directory where it could take years even to be reviewed.
Added: it pays to read and understand (a) the category descriptions, FAQs, and submission notices attached to each of the DMOZ branches, (b) ditto for specific categories within those branches you are submitting to. When it comes to deciding which site(s) to submit and where, the customer is not always right, nor should marketing considerations like which has the best name or what category is most commercially beneficial, enter your head. Don't submit sites that don't fit, don't submit any of the types of site we don't list, like MLM, mirrors, etc, etc, make sure the site fits, follow the guidelines on title and description (no hype, no marketing speak, etc. etc.) and stick to an objective description of the site. It is your reputation as a submitter on the line and I for one will usually give regular poor submitters the lowest priority when reviewing sites - I can deal with five submissions from those who have followed the rules precisely quicker than one I have a good idea is going to be a waste of, or involve excessive, time.
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