1.   Also, selling distribution operations presents an opportunity for supermarket chains to get out of union labor situations, Singer said.

2.   And while smaller bookstores are being driven out of business by the big chains, those big chains are getting bigger.

3.   And, says ABA President Domnitz, all independent bookstore owners want is a share of what the chains are getting.

4.   As chains get bigger and more impersonal, he believes, some consumers will continue to seek out stores that are not only upscale but are also personal.

5.   Budget-conscious hotel chains are getting to be better and better deals for business travelers.

6.   Fast-food chains got their start and boomed.

7.   First, how does a hotel chain get involved in the physiology and psychology of sleep?

8.   Indeed, the chain recently got a lot of ink after hiring celebrity architect Michael Graves to design an exclusive line of home products for Target.

9.   Just where do these huge chains get their plants, and how can they sell them so cheaply?

10.   The restaurant chain has gotten as silly and whiny as the gun lobby and the antihelmet folks.