1.   The firm has just opened a flagship store in Las Vegas.

2.   The company plans to open a flagship store in New York this month.

3.   Also, the company reports construction on its flagship store downtown is ahead of scheduled.

4.   And it plans to launch a large flagship store on Grant Street near Market Street over the next several weeks.

5.   And Printemps and Bon Marche have been renovating their flagship stores in Paris.

6.   And with the flood of flagship stores opening in midtown, from Calvin Klein to Niketown, the visibility stakes are even higher.

7.   At its flagship stores, Gap has set up stations for ordering from the Web.

8.   At the flagship store on Fifth Avenue, virtually every department has been renovated.

9.   But customers complain that a culture of service does not pervade the flagship Manhattan store.

10.   But few have captured the magic of the original flagship store in downtown Boston.