chain store

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Wall Street was initially skeptical about the company’s hefty investments in supply chain, store remodels, technology, and employee pay in the mid-2010s.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

She reflects on all the varied, tender memories a dumpy local chain store can hold, and what was lost when her daughter’s Walgreens closed.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2023

A bookseller at a chain store she declined to name, De Guzman had long-established plans to attend the Ripped Bodice event with friends, and intended to start reading “as soon as we leave.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2023

It includes workers at any chain store with more than 500 workers globally or less than 500 workers if workers do not get tips or healthcare benefits.

From Washington Times • Aug. 11, 2022

But some harbingers horrify the old-timers: upscale restaurants, boutique windows displaying expensive designer jewelry, and the arrival of the first-ever chain store, a Ralph Lauren shop.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times