91.   It recently did so with Hills Stores, a retail chain, and National Home Loans, a British mortgage lender.

92.   J. Baker Inc. has agreed to sell its Parade of Shoes retail chain to Payless ShoeSource Inc. for an undisclosed price.

93.   John Collins, vice president of government affairs for the American Trucking Association, referring to the growth of the Walmart retail chain.

94.   Jay Jacobs Inc., an apparel retail chain, said it filed a bankruptcy reorganization plan.

95.   Kodak currently sells packets of joint-brand film at four regional retail chains at nearly half regular prices.

96.   Kmart has purchased a larger retail chain and operates several department stores in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

97.   Landover, Maryland-based Dart Group is a holding company for retail store chains owned by the Haft family.

98.   Laura Ashley, the co-founder of the retail chain with her husband Bernard, had died a few weeks before the initial public offering.

99.   Last week, big retail chains generally posted mixed results for April, blaming unseasonable weather and an early Easter.

100.   Last year, it sold Marshalls, an off-price apparel retail chain, to TJX Cos. of Framingham, Mass.