Their purchase of chicken sandwiches and nuggets to show their support for the restaurant chain and its president brought the restaurant chain record sales.

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Many media middlemen in the unraveling supply chain (including record labels, studios, publishers, radio and TV stations, brokers, agents and dealers), may not find new roles in the digital future.

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Nor is Marriott the most prestigious hotel brand, although its luxury hotels division has a good record with the Ritz-Carlton chain.

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She has also launched her own fragrance, co-owned a restaurant chain, published her own novel and even had a record in the Japanese charts.

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Even the buyer, sushi chain owner Kiyoshi Kimura, who also paid out the record price last year, said the cost was "a bit high".

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The Fairchild mess and a dispute involving Clayton's management of the copier chain Kinko's (FORBES GLOBAL, June 10) mar the record.

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The chain won't release sales numbers, but "we can confirm reports that it was a record-setting day, " said Steve Robinson, Chick-fil-A's executive vice president of marketing.

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