And chains of for-profit schools are being set up, with capital from City investors.
Rocks cascade down from the ceiling, and chains rip across the stage as Kratos fights Hades, god of the Underworld.
Pro shops and chains started warming up to the oddball product line.
And chains with a sizable home business stand to gain the most.
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His design came about by accident when swings were put up on large poles and chains in the park for a Sunday school treat.
The BP spill will generate a bewildering array of claims and chains of causation, possibly including future cancer cases claimants will blame on the carcinogens in oil.
"It's the same companies running the concessions, they've just gotten smarter, " he says, creating partnerships with local eateries and chains to bring a taste of the city to the airport terminal.
The researchers regularly collect sea squirts from Blyth Harbour in Northumberland, where they are regarded as a pest because they foul up ropes and chains by attaching themselves in huge numbers.
"Instead of shackles and chains, traffickers use debt, coercion, fear and intimidation, " said David Abramowitz, vice-president of policy and government relations for Humanity United, a non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing human freedom.
The mobile gift cards are currently available at the Gap and its spin-off chains Banana Republic and Old Navy, as well as Williams-Sonoma and sister chains Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids and West Elm.
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Online sales account for only 1% of retailing, and the chains and specialty shops that dominate commerce in the real world are quick to use their leverage to control e-tailing, too.
The beams were wormy and the chains rusted and the pillars green with mold.
According to the report, 7 Days has grown its bookings an average of 140% every year since 2006, monitors customer satisfaction, offers a loyalty program like US and European chains, and does the social networking thing. 7 Days uses its customer base and online booking platform to cross-sell airline tickets and car rental serives, so it benefits from a one-stop shopping convenience.
Generally I find that customer service standards in restaurants and hotels is far better than in shops (although small independant shops tend to be much better than supermarkets and large chains), and that the more mature staff tend to give better service than their younger colleagues.
Officers said a "considerable amount of jewellery" was stolen from John Lewis, including sapphire, diamond, ruby and emerald pendant chains and rings.
The business is moving into mall chains and other retails chains instead.
Irrespective of the chemical question, companies with international customers and global supply chains are increasingly seeing the need to see further into those chains and gain tighter control over the components that comprise their products.
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These product categories, sold at chains such as Best Buy and Sears, which were the fourth and fifth retailers most threatened by showrooming, respectively, but less vulnerable than the home furnishings, pet supply and toy chains, according to the Placed survey.
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The Riche also faced dastardly new competitors, from sports bars and foreign chains to low-rent hookah joints and latterly the internet.
With little competition--and partners like food-distributor giant Sysco and grocery chains like Kroger, Shop Rite, Giant and Harris Teeter on board--Davidson's plan looks unbreakable.
His firm is paid per transaction, and during an economic downturn airlines and hotel chains will cut prices to keep filling seats and beds.
Neither does it appear that his unquestioned aptitude for political deal-making is what will be required to produce clear, reliable and efficient chains of command among the various military organizations and sovereign nations involved.
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Supermarket and drug chains are singing the under-10% blues and getting panned in the market.
Housing growth has also fueled growth in restaurants and retail chains, including 7-11, Dollar Stores and Dollar Tree.
And you had a tsunami in Japan, and that broke supply chains and created difficulties for the economy all across the globe.
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And supply chains are getting longer as companies source more raw materials and parts from cheaper overseas markets.
For sure, this deployment will tax logistics and support chains, up the need for armored vehicles, helicopters and RPVs, and up outlays for consumables and battlefield electronics.
Hitcham, an antiquarian bookseller, fears the arrival of Harris and Hoole and other chains will damage the character of the Kent seaside town and force genuine independents out of business by driving up rents.
It might yield big benefits for commercial airlines and retail chains, which typically lease a large fraction of their assets, and for steel- and automakers that have large unionized workforces, which will give them greater leverage to renegotiate collective bargaining agreements.
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