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374: 386: 169: 231: 227:, originally a tea distributor based in New York, into a grocery chain that operated almost 200 stores. Dozens of other grocery, drug, tobacco, and variety stores opened additional locations, around the same time, so that retail chains were common in the United States by 1910. Several state legislatures considered measures to restrict the growth of chains, and in 1914 concern about chain stores contributed to passage of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act. 491: 36: 648: 1685: 332:(in the US), or as exceeding municipal zoning authority (i.e., regulating "who owns it" rather than the characteristics of the business). Non-codified restrictions will sometimes target "chains". A municipal ordinance may seek to prohibit "formula businesses" in order to maintain the character of a community and support local businesses that serve the surrounding neighborhood. 323:
While chains are typically "formula retail", a chain refers to ownership or franchise, whereas "formula retail" or "formula business" refers to the characteristics of the business. There is considerable overlap because key characteristic of a formula retail business is that it is controlled as a part
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being the largest. By the 1930s, chain stores had come of age, and stopped increasing their total market share. Court decisions against the chains' price-cutting appeared as early as 1906, and laws against chain stores began in the 1920s, along with legal countermeasures by chain-store groups. State
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that sells hamburgers, but not the formula franchise operation with the golden arches and standardized menu, uniforms, and procedures. The reason these towns regulate chain stores is aesthetics and tourism. Proponents of formula restaurants and formula retail allege the restrictions are used to
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taxes on chain stores were upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1931. Between then and 1933, 525 chain-store tax bills were introduced in state legislatures, and by the end of 1933 special taxes on retail chains were in force in 17 states.
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clothing for men and children and specialty clothing such as riding apparel and beachwear. Isidore owned 51% of the company, while his brothers split the remaining 49%. Under Isidore's (and later his son Louis') leadership,
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restaurant (as opposed to a take-away) in London, and its instant popularity led to a chain comprising 22 restaurants with locations around London and seaside resorts in southern England including
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by chains has sparked increased collaboration among independent businesses and communities to prevent chain proliferation. These efforts include community-based organizing through
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of a business relationship, and is generally part of a chain. Nevertheless, most codified municipal regulation relies on definitions of formula retail (e.g.,
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and standardized business practices. They have come to dominate many retail markets, dining markets, and service categories in many parts of the world. A
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would become one of the most recognized names in Belgium and France with stores in 20 cities and towns. Some cities had multiple stores, such as
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Newman, Benjamin J., and John V. Kane. "Backlash against the 'Big Box', Local Small Business and Public Opinion toward Business Corporations."
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is the last remaining music chain store in the United States and has shrunk from over 1,000 at its height to 270 locations in 2018. In 2019,
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A chain store is characterised by the ownership or franchise relationship between the local business or outlet and a controlling business.
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Schragger, Richard. "The Anti-Chain Store Movement, Localist Ideology, and the Remnants of the Progressive Constitution, 1920-1940."
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Annexes to the Belgian Monitor of 1875. Acts, Extracts of Acts, Minutes and Documents relating to Corporations, Book #3, Page 67
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in Belgium in 1868, ten years before A&P began offering more than coffee and tea. They started with four locations for
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A variety of towns and cities in the United States whose residents wish to retain their distinctive character—such as
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WH Smith is the world's oldest national retail chain after being started by Henry Smith as a newspaper shop in 1792
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are the most common, but sit-down restaurant chains also exist. Restaurant chains locations are often found near
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Carroll, Glenn R., and Magnus Thor Torfason. "Restaurant Organizational Forms and Community in the US in 2005."
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In the U.S., chain stores likely began with J. Stiner & Company, which operated several tea shops in
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that would become a national concern in the mid-19th century under the management of their grandson
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retail establishment is one form of a chain store. In 2005, the world's largest retail chain,
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By the early 1920s, chain retailing was well established in the United States, with A&P,
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Levinson, Marc. "The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America" (2019).
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beginning in 1848. The firm, now called WHSmith, had more than 1,400 locations as of 2017.
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in 1884. From 1909 Lyons began operating a chain of teashops which became a staple of the
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provide research and tools for pro-independent business education and policy while the
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through architectural prototype development and offer a standard menu and/or services.
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Scroop, Daniel. "The anti-chain store movement and the politics of consumption."
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in many different locations that are either under shared corporate ownership or
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Hayward WS, White P, Fleek HS, Mac Intyre H (1922). "The chain store field".
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Post card ad listing eight cities and towns where Dewachter Frères offered "
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Winship, Janice. "Culture of restraint: the British chain store 1920–39."
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and American Specialty Toy Retailers do national promotion and advocacy.
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Phillips, Charles F. "The Chain Store in the United States and Canada,"
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stated that it would be closing all remaining 2,100 stores in the US.
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agreements. Typically, the restaurants within a chain are built to a
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in Britain. ABC would be overtaken as the leader in the field by
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The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America
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in the UK, and at its peak, the firm numbered around 200 cafes.
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The changing face of Japanese retail: Working in a chain store
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Town of Jaffrey Planning Board Proposed Zoning Changes Summary
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Opening the first of its chain of teashops in 1894, branch of
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chain went from 7,400 stores in 2001 to 400 stores in 2018.
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provides direct assistance for community-level organizing.
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chain stores have been in decline as retail has shifted to
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List of clothing and footwear shops in the United Kingdom
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Fish and Chips, and the British Working Class, 1870-1940
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Permit how-to guides - chain stores (formula retail use)
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Retail outlets that share a brand and central management
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Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age
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France, Maison Dewachter, Bordeaux (August 2, 2018).
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Analysis of Cities with Formula Business Ordinances
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