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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 ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Book buyers often reject chain stores and consider any association between books and mass marketing unacceptable: so why is it that other chains have gained wide popularity while the chain bookstore's image struggles? A couple of neighborhood pharmacies competing with few chain stores has been the pattern for decades. From Manhattan to Mexico, from China to Chile, farmers, consumers, and independent businesses ate resisting the invasion of Wal-Mart and the Corporate Chain stores and building grassroots power through local, green, and just commerce. |
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