Last August the XT chain of gasoline stations had a temporary sales promotion in effect.

去年8月，XT 连锁加油站进行了一次临时促销活动。

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In January of last year the Moviemania chain of movie theaters started propping its popcorn in canola oil, instead of the less healthful coconut oil that it had been using until then.

去年1月，Moviemania 连锁影院开始用菜籽油代替之前一直使用的不太健康的椰子油来制作爆米花。

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It's also pushing ahead in 2016 with an expansion of Bluemercury, the beauty chain it bought last year.

2016年，它还在向前推进，扩大其去年收购的美容连锁店蓝水星的规模。

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On the other hand Wal-Mart has gone through a tremendous effort over the last couple of years to integrate environmental sustainability into not only its own practices but to force this into the supply chain."

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This is the last of a small chain, the original of which closed on the Upper West Side in 1996, and was where Harry meets Sally for the third time after Marie spots him staring at her from the "personal growth" section.

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Against that backdrop, retail chains are reporting their same store sales for July today, and so far they are less than stellar, particularly considering the comparisons are to July of last year when chain store sales fell an average of 5%.

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JCPenney treated analysts to a tour of a remodeled store last week, showing how the chain means to reinvent its stores into a mini-mall of boutique shops with specialty and exclusive merchandise.

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