The chain is joining competitors racing to expand in the region, including Hilton Worldwide Inc. and Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, owner of the Radisson Blu brand.

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With Asok joining him soon thereafter, the brothers expanded Royal into a chain of garment stores that did a thriving trade, notably in jeans.

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Soon after joining Apple in 1998 he was in a meeting trying to get its dreadful supply chain in shape.

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