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chain store
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chain store: see store store, commonly a shop or stall for the retail sale of commodities, but also a place where wholesale supplies are kept, exhibited, or sold. Retailing—the sale of merchandise to the consumer—is one of the oldest businesses in the world and was practiced in
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The IBM-CAS alliance will deliver industry solutions that can provide improved efficiencies throughout the business chain and enable fluid collaboration between consumer products manufacturers, their retail customers and their broker and distributor sales networks.
It's that they have cut out the middleman and are involved in every level of the business chain.
Human rights can also come under this heading--human rights up and down the business chain (if your supplier is violating human rights that's your responsibility too).
 
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