The rise of online retail and little product newness have conspired to knock the chain off its once dominant perch in consumer electronics, which will continue to play out this holiday season.
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Escaping once from spear-throwing Turkana in northern Kenya, he felt the chain come off, but managed to coast downhill to safety.
The biggest disappointment: Blockbuster, the still-suffering video chain, off 63%.
The chain also sold off or closed more than half of its 114 hospitals.
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The hotel chain was spun off from Ctrip in 2003, ahead of a planned U.S. public offering of the parent.
From the remaining small list, Gerstein had to make a judgment call and chose Tuesday Morning (nasdaq: TUES - news - people ), a Dallas-based chain of 594 off-price specialty stores in 42 states.
If the guilt of other labellers, further down the food chain gets them off the hook this time, people across the whole of Eastern Europe will have cause for celebration - if the Dutch or French or even Welshmen shoulder the blame.
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London music venues such as the Forum in Kentish Town and the Hammersmith Apollo were sold off last year, following the Waterstones book chain, which was spun off in 2011.
This ruling set off the chain of public disclosures that led the accuser to drop out.
Mars is investing tens of millions to advance sustainable cocoa farming practices to head off supply chain disruptions.
Christian Gross's unhappy tenure at Tottenham Hotspur ended shortly afterwards, touching off a chain reaction through out the Premiership.
Buck's entry set off a chain of events that led to his college hiring a lawyer on his behalf.
First, the country dodged the hedge fund speculation that set off a chain of currency crises across Asia in the late 1990s.
Then, as the bank scrambled to manage the problem, it set off a chain of events that led to the price collapse.
It set off a chain of events that would forever change Los Angeles, its police department and the racial conversation in the United States.
The reopening of the probe set off a chain of events that ultimately led News Corp. to close the 168-year-old News of the World.
It was in July last year that Bangkok devalued the baht, setting off a chain reaction that has Southeast Asian currencies in free fall.
We've all seen it done, but no one's ever seen it done right -- and Steve seems to think it's going to be off the chain.
When American writer Mark Halliday (Cummings) begins a relationship with the very married Margot Wendice (Kelly) in London, he unknowingly sets off a chain of blackmail and murder.
That set off a chain of responses from many, many women working in the industry talking about hostile work conditions for women and countless other issues they face.
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In the film, an eye-patched Hopper overacts his head off while chain-smoking, swigging Jack Daniels, and zooming around on a jet ski in some kind of filthy, post-apocalyptic pirate outfit.
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Sandy Bulloch, who currently heads the firm, started working for it in the 1940s, and built it up to a chain of 25 specialist off-sales shops, which have since been sold.
Will it set off a chain reaction?
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Groopman's research showed that during the course of illness, belief and expectation -- two mental states associated with hope -- have an impact on the nervous system which, in turn, sets off a chain reaction that makes improvement and recovery more likely.
IRobot cut off one big chain that refused to switch to more prominent, specialized displays.
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The key ingredient is said to improve skin by setting off an elaborate chain reaction.
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