101.   Locally, the retail chain has contributed to such organizations as the Dallas Black Dance Theater and the Museum of African-American Life and Culture.

102.   Lojas Arapua SA, the largest Brazilian retailer of home-entertainment goods, said it agreed to buy bankrupt retail chain Casa Centro SA for an undisclosed price.

103.   Major retail chains have been less inclined to jump on the LP bandwagon.

104.   Manufacturers are becoming more dependent on these retailers as they drive smaller retail chains out of business, narrowing the number of retailers to which Sunbeam sells its products.

105.   Martinez is the executive credited for the turnaround of the retail chain and also was the one who pulled the plug on the unprofitable Sears catalog.

106.   Lower costs also brought improved profits at Isetan, a operator of department stores, and C.K Tang Ltd., a retail chain targeted at younger people.

107.   Montgomery Ward is not at a loss for competition among other ailing retail chains, however, and any transition will be a difficult one.

108.   Moreover, the big retail chains are bringing out more products of their own, presenting yet another set of competitors.

109.   MobileComm has agreements with several large retail chains to sell its pagers including Wal-Mart, K-Mart and Radio Shack, Pittsman said.

110.   Most large-scale manufacturing has left the area, although there are still shops that produce the samples that buyers for retail chains inspect before placing orders.