Larger national chains are incredibly disciplined in how they merchandise and run stores.
It follows other national chains - such as Jessops and Comet goods - in succumbing to its online competitors.
With 850, 000 sellers worldwide, Etsy is already testing out this concept with Etsy Wholesale, a b-to-b platform to link retailers with national chains.
There is a local angle for national chains as well who want to promote a local store opening or a market specific promotion.
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Unable to compete with the purchasing power and supply chain prowess of national chains, the mom and pop shop seemed destined for the dust heap.
It competes head to head with Best Buy, and did so with Circuit City, Sears and all the national chains that came before.
Notable projects like the Andaz 5th Avenue have served as forerunners for booming interest in New York by the largest national chains as well as domestic and foreign investors.
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Sterling is the largest specialty retail jeweler in the United States with more than 1, 300 stores located in 50 states, including national chains Kay Jewelers and Jared the Galleria of Jewelry.
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Occupied by a mix of local retailers like a family-owned grocery store as well as national chains like Chipotle, the mostly red brick low-rise district has a relatively lively bar and nightclub scene.
When I was growing up, the kind of people who today are lamenting the decline of physical books in the face of e-reading were busy bemoaning the decline of independent bookstores in the face of ruthless national chains.
Last year, national retail chains closed 4, 763 stores, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers.
Many national retail chains offer video transfer services and there are also several choices available online, as well as do-it-yourself software.
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Like most national pizza chains, Pizza Hut has had its highs and lows in what has become an insanely competitive global pizza market.
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But consider what the last 25 years have brought to small towns: cheap overnight delivery service, cable television, USA Today, national retail chains, Internet access, cell phone coverage and broadband.
"These new tax laws affecting affiliates are supported by the large national retailing chains that covet the affiliate advertising programs of their competitors, " Paul Misener, Amazon's vice president of public policy, said in a statement.
The allegations stem from a common practice in which national gas station chains lock in trucking companies with discounts.
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The predicts a number of national or regional retail chains could fail in the next 12 months.
The authors say banks, retailers, and restaurant chains set national pay levels but then allow regional variations to take into account recruitment rates and the local cost of living.
Some are familiar national brands, while others in the forefront of securing franchisee money are regional chains hoping to jump to national status.
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Strong regional tastes and lack of national scale stymie the development of national brands and efficient supply chains.
The national government gives a helping hand to all Chinese chains.
Those relatively smaller chains are feeling even more of a pinch than national giants like Macy's and J.
Now, investors looking to own a franchise of a hot new concept can get in on the ground floor with some interesting small chains that are just starting their bid to become national brands.
Last year the culprits were obvious: Libya's turmoil had sent petrol prices sharply higher, Japan's tsunami disrupted supply chains, and over the summer politicians flirted with defaulting on the national debt.
That's the defense of Clear Channel and other acquisitive radio chains since they were unleashed by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which greatly relaxed national ownership restrictions.
The chains' encroachment is one reason the board of the Farmers Market Coalition, a national trade group for the events, in May approved a formal definition: events that consist "principally" of farmers selling their products directly to the public.
Foreign chains are now achieving occupancy rates of 70-100%, which is far higher than the national average of around 60%.
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