We're just learning the full story of how avid fan Shane Bennett got what may be the rarest version of Samsung's flagship phone through an unusual chain of events.
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It is to say that this has opened up an enormous chain of additional problems which are far from being resolved.
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The losers will include those (like Borders, an extinct chain of bookshops) that keep selling things people are happy to buy online.
Other samples would be shipped for off-site analysis under strict protocols to protect the samples and ensure an unbroken chain of custody.
It works by allowing you to upload photos and add actions, which can result in other actions, or even an entire chain of events.
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His concern appears to be that evolution requires an unbroken chain of viable genetic variants that connect the first living creature to, say, human beings.
Pakistan has an established chain of military command over its weapons, though when these have been readied for possible use in the past, including during the 1999 Kargil crisis, the chain seemed to bypass the civilian government of the day.
But the results have to be evaluated in the context of whether the authenticity of the sample has been established and documented, and whether the sample has been protected from interference through a rigid protocol to ensure an unbroken chain of custody.
Among these were: an entrepreneur who had just sold her business for an eight-figure sum, the managing director of an investment bank, a U.S. manager of an international hotel chain, a publishing executive, the owner of a catering firm, and a specialist on military affairs in the Middle East who works at the UN.
Morrell said the move was not an attempt to circumvent the chain of command or an indication that a strategy has been settled on.
One of the holdouts is an unassuming island chain south of Cuba.
They also missed the costs and risks of an international supply chain, which is increasingly out of step with the shorter, faster product cycles.
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Against that backdrop, retail chains are reporting their same store sales for July today, and so far they are less than stellar, particularly considering the comparisons are to July of last year when chain store sales fell an average of 5%.
After an afternoon of shopping, it was off to an early dinner at one of the big national chain restaurants.
It's a sequence of events, an inexorable chain reaction where each small link is fundamental, like a snake of upended dominoes.
An entrepreneur who runs a chain of schools is even more pessimistic.
He said it could be that there was an interruption in the "chain of command" within the body which leads to desiring sex.
To prove just how serious the tech giant was about their concerns, Apple partnered with the Fair Labor Association, launching an audit of their supply chain.
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This enables retailers to communicate an authentic supply chain story, creating an emotional link for the end purchaser of the apparel.
Pioneering Chinese reform-era journalist morphed in an entrepreneur as founder of cosmetics chain.
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He also thinks the company could be an indirect beneficiary of recent supply chain disruptions tied to the recent earthquake in Japan.
We also become the largest supplier of Canadian diamonds sold through an expert sorting and marketing chain that we have perfected through the years of Diavik production.
We seldom cite the Bible, but the passage came to mind this morning as we reflected on an e-mail chain among several of our business partners and acquaintances.
These are firms that sift through the extended chain of participants in an industry, looking for information that in isolation might be meaningless but assembled with other facts presents the next great trading opportunity.
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In a recent conversation with a large client, I was very encouraged to learn that the responsible supply chain is becoming an integral part of product and packaging strategy for them and also for their competitors.
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Wharton marketing professor Patti Williams cites Gold's Gym--the Texas-based gym chain--as an example of a company that has found a way to navigate the economic slump while promoting a product that might seem discretionary or self-indulgent in hard times.
Five months ago he could have snapped up an American hotel chain at rock-bottom prices, as investors fretted about an oversupply of rooms and disappointing profits.
Opening later this winter, the hotel will include an outpost of the famous Nobu Restaurant chain.
The entrance of Starbucks, an American chain, into the Indian coffee market follows other international coffee brands such as Costa, Gloria Jeans, and Lavazza which has bought into Indian chain Barista.
Mixing it up reduces the chances that you are getting too much of a single contaminant, he says, adding that the lower one eats on the food chain, the less of an impact one has.
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