In Chile, for example, the top four chains already represent 46 per cent of total national grocery retailing, and in Latin America as a whole, on average the top five chains represent 65 per cent of total sales.

Global marketing chains, clusters, networks as channels for diversification

He wanted to create a franchise, a mechanism of delivery of eye care with the efficiency of McDonald's.

There were no restaurant chains.

Block all the streets leading out!

Networks of private businesses clusters and linkages

The fact that it has occurred in Germany and at that very hotel chain, is an even greater disgrace.

I am the owner of one of the greatest drugstore chains.

Such threats can set off a global chain reaction that will affect us all.

The machine itself has 89 distinct interactions.

Put them out on the whole chain. I want everyone to smell good.

The presence of large chains helps to overcome bottlenecks in distribution networks existing in developing countries, and through those chains' international procurement practices may bring products from those countries for distribution in international markets.

Those events led to a domino effect that has yet to end.

Yes, but it was taken over last year by the Midway chain.

The summer heatwave has boosted takings for Britain's struggling pubs but heaped more pressure on restaurant chains.

Food for Revolution

And then there's a 13 page crisis document with 50 interlocking problems.

In the food retail business, there has been an impressive expansion of supermarket chains.

In the case of Indonesia, the top five chains account for 60 per cent of the market.

And the weakening of any one of them threatens a chain reaction.

This is sort of a 7 Eleven for time travelers.

There are Chinese restaurants everywhere, but there is no Chinese restaurant chain.

The chains pointed to other market forces which, they said, caused them to increase these prices.

Prisoners in chain gangs were reportedly required to perform heavy manual labour, such as rock breaking or clearing rubbish from the highway, while shackled together (or with their own legs chained together) with metal chains, exposed to the public.

37. Beyond the role of individual firms, globalization has re emphasized and modified the role of the global marketing chains that have characterized the commodity economy for many decades.

Experience of vertical linkages and clusters has been growing in developing countries such as Brazil, China, India and Malaysia.47

He's a big chainstore buyer, one of our most important customers.

The political consequences of the US economy s renewed strength will reverberate worldwide. But maintaining this economic revival will require greater reluctance to intervene in foreign conflicts or engage in new wars.

As in the case of clusters, the formation and benefits of supply chain linkages depend upon the overall business environment, including appropriate regulatory settings, infrastructure and information about linkage opportunities.

Low cost family restaurant chain, for those of you who don't know it.

They turned out to be Mrs. Elvira Kent and her uncle, head of a drugstore chain.

Small shops play an important role as employers of those who migrate from rural to urban areas, including foreigners, performing a crucial social role that large chains would be unable to perform, since chains require that employees have a certain level of skill.

And there could be additional knock on effects since the smelter consumes around 10 per cent of Victoria's entire electricity output.

Five large foreign retail chains are operating in the Vietnamese market at present, while many others are waiting for approval.

All of the scale goes to Coca Cola and Burger King.

Moreover, large chains tend to integrate backwards, offering new business opportunities to local manufacturers.

This process has led to a concentration of sales, with large firms and chains dominating the market.

The chain gangs were said to be guarded by armed officers and dogs.

The Security Council realizes that a clear regional perspective is necessary, as most conflicts have interlocking political, security, humanitarian and economic dynamics across borders.

Twenty five men of the international second company all wounded

Attention!

I've gone over the whole house, even in rooms that have been locked since I lost Laura.

40. One delegation referred to the economic blockade of its country by a developed country, which ignored the successive resolutions of the General Assembly condemning that blockade, and called for its total and unconditional elimination.

A number of Asian countries have already started building mutually beneficial security cooperation on a bilateral basis, thereby laying the groundwork for a potential web of interlocking strategic partnerships. A constellation of Asian states linked by strategic cooperation, in fact, has become critical to help institute power stability in the region.

Foreign expansion of retailers has been mostly through acquisitions of domestic chains in other countries, some greenfield investment, and joint ventures with local companies.