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Restaurant chains

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Chain store

Nodes70
Edges69
Triples128
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028571
Components1

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Chain store

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related to Further reading · 68
Chain store → America, American Economic Review, American Journal, American Quarterly, Anti-Chain-Store Legislation, Backlash, Benjamin, Big Box, British, Business Corporations, Canada, Carroll, Chain, Chain Store Publishing Corporation, Charles, City, Commercial Cultures, Community, Culture, Daniel
related to Regulation and exclusion · 22
Chain store → Bristol, California, Cape Cod, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Florida, For, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, McCall, McDonald's, Ogunquit, Port Townsend, Proponents, Provincetown, Rhode Island, San Francisco, The, They, United States
related to history · 21
Chain store → Anna, By, Clayton Antitrust Act, Company, Dozens, Federal Trade Commission Act, George Huntington Hartford, Great Atlantic, Henry Walton Smith, In, Industrial Revolution, London, New York City, Pacific Tea Company, Several, Smith, Stiner, The, United States, WHSmith
related to Decline · 8
Chain store → Brick-and-mortar, FYE, In, Payless ShoeSource, Radio Shack, The, United States, US
related to External links · 4
Chain store → Chain, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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riding apparelinstance ofThe brothers offered ready-to-wear clothing for men and children and specialty clothing0.80text
beachwearinstance ofThe brothers offered ready-to-wear clothing for men and children and specialty clothing0.80text
the American Booksellers Associationinstance oftrade organizations0.80text
American Specialty Toy Retailers do national promotioninstance oftrade organizations0.80text
advocacyinstance oftrade organizations0.80text
Chain storerelated to DeclineBrick-and-mortar0.60section
Chain storerelated to DeclineThe0.60section
Chain storerelated to DeclineRadio Shack0.60section
Chain storerelated to DeclineFYE0.60section
Chain storerelated to DeclineUnited States0.60section
Chain storerelated to DeclineIn0.60section
Chain storerelated to DeclinePayless ShoeSource0.60section

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