Word: chain
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Randy J. Gomes '02, who currently works at that branch of the A&F chain and wears the company's clothing daily, said the opening will be a positive for both the store and the Square...
...while "chain creep"--the replacement of Mom-and-Pop stores with national chains--may raise the ire of local residents, it could lower the cost of living for students who find shopping in the Square more convenient...
...survey of local businesses shows that the Square is a more expensive place to shop only if you shop at independent stores. Chains tend to keep their prices more or less uniform in the same area--in fact, in many instances chain prices are lower in the Square than elsewhere in metropolitan Boston...
According to Lisa Goren, store manager at HMV in Harvard Square, prices are not always consistent across the HMV chain, and individual HMVs have their own store sales...
...music stores, managers at the chain stores said prices tend to be the same across a city, if not the nation, due to corporate policy...