These chain stores are proliferating under such names as Red Mango, Swizzles, Pinkberry, etc.
Broadway is one of the main corridors, and is lined with less expensive chain stores.
The super malls and chain stores are fairly recent phenomena in the scheme of things.
For the study, the researchers used two data sets from chain stores and interviewed managers of nine convenience store chains.
The greater selection offered by the chain stores and their strong buying power helped reduce prices of the books they sold.
Several staff members visited chain stores to check on the placement of the product and to see how the shoes were selling.
"Unlike Totnes, Bakewell has a number of chain stores in the town such as Boots, Thorntons, and The Outdoor Company", it said.
Scan-as-you-go mobile devices are a logical next step after the self-checkout lanes that are now common in big food and drug chain stores.
In the tightfisted world of publishing, where chain stores and online discounters make it tough to operate in the black, that's no small feat.
Between November 2010 and January 2011, the teenagers attempted to buy these products from national and regional chain stores and theaters across the United States.
You will still find urban and outsider fashion, but new local designers, sleeker shops and even chain stores have moved into the area, blunting the neighbourhood's former edginess.
While many big companies, such as banks and chain stores, have gone bilingual, small businesses view the prospect of being forced down that road with horror.
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In Milton Keynes, on the edge of the enormous modernist mall full of bright chain stores, there is a flea market with stalls selling Afro-Caribbean and Asian foods.
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Harvard Square, for instance, where chain stores like The Gap are thriving and rents climbing, may have lost much of its distinctiveness but remains as vibrant as ever.
Whether Britain's high streets are in decline is hard to say, but I think they are very homogenised, with chain stores dominating in all the main city centres.
To boost returns, Park says, he'll focus on core brands, boost ad spending, pare the number of wine-stock-keeping units and reduce the low-margin private-brand business for European chain stores.
Many report a downturn in business since the attack - which they suspect has in turn dissuaded many popular chain stores from bringing a much needed boost to the town.
They eventually sat down and discussed what turned up, including trips to boutiques for household items that could have been purchased for less at chain stores like Lowes and Target.
Those that can't be sold face liquidation and could stay empty, which would be especially problematic for the High Streets across the U.K., which is where most chain stores are located.
The brothers run a real estate development company, Forest, which builds small shopping centers, operates variety stores and sells sundry goods such as trash bags, foil, hangers and laundry nets to chain stores.
As a result, a huge chunk of tourist dollars are spent in these areas (which tend to be saturated with blah chain stores and restaurants), while off-the-beaten-path neighborhoods are lucky to get the occasional looky-loo.
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Bailian Group of Shanghai, whose domestically well-known businesses include the Shanghai Friendship Group and Lianhua Supermarket, led a list of top chain stores in China published by the China Chain Store and Franchise Association earlier this month.
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From New York style to Chicago's deep dish, from the rise of delivery and chain stores in the 1960s and '70s, to Wolfgang Puck and gourmet toppings in the '80s and '90s, everyone has added their own twist to pizza.
Unfortunately many online reports on these sell-outs are pointing out that the sold-out locations received only a handful of units, and in the case of some chain stores just one or two Surface Pro units were supplied for the launch of the device.
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The company behind the Uniqlo chain of stores added to Tuesday's 5.5% rise, after the firm's discount apparel chain "GU" said it would expand its line of clothing for spring and summer.
The chain owns stores across northern England with a number in the West Midlands.
While Carrefour doesn't have sub-Saharan operations, the chain has stores in northern Africa.
That was one of the strategies behind Apple's chain of stores, which helped solidify consumer identification of its products.
Later on they ran arts and crafts retail chain Michaels Stores, technology outfit Sterling Software and investment firm Maverick Capital.
Acheson added that the Setton Farms recall is related to the one announced Friday by Kroger, a grocery store chain with stores in 31 states.
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