Oshima aims to more than double the chain-to 2, 000 shops-over the next three years via new franchises and company-owned outlets, including those inside supermarket and discount chains.

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He said the chain will double its number of clinics to 1, 060 by 2015, adding 100 locations per year.

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The rusty iron chain that double-locked the cart to the front wheels of the cycle began to squeal as he rode.

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The chain plans to double that number to 300 over the next three years.

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CVS, America's second-biggest pharmacy chain, recently bought the MinuteClinic chain and now plans to double the number of clinics in its stores to perhaps 300 this year.

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Despite several reports of civilian deaths in unmanned air strikes by the Air Force, as well as the Central Intelligence Agency, Air Force officials insist that the robotic strikes go through the same "kill-chain"--the procedure of checking and double-checking targets with human observers--as manned air strikes.

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Shen expects to double the number of inns he runs next year and is exploring a new chain of hotels with even smaller, cheaper rooms.

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Subtract the patronage checks and you still have a pretax margin of 4.5%, almost double that of Sports Authority, a publicly traded U.S. sporting goods chain.

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Halfords has sold double the volume over the last two months compared to the same time last year, while supermarket chain Asda reported a 387% year-on-year surge of all types of car seats.

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Those revenues could easily double, he figures, if he can get into Guitar Center, the nation's largest musical-instrument chain, with 130 stores.

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