The phrase 'a string of shops' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a group of shops that are located close to each other, such as along a street. For example, "The high street was full of tourists browsing the string of shops selling souvenirs."
A Waldbaum's supermarket anchors a string of shops in a Willis Avenue shopping center.
Investigators closed a string of shops in Queens on Friday for trading in stolen auto parts, the authorities said yesterday.
At the center of a string of shops with similar facades, Haven can easily be missed unless you're looking for it.
Next door is a bank with a hole-in-the-wall cash dispenser, followed by a string of shops selling mobile phones.
Sidhartha Corvalán, who runs the cultural center, said that a restaurant, a cafe and a string of shops are scheduled to open on the grounds later this year.
JUST outside the south-east border of the Navajo Nation, along highway 264 in New Mexico, there is a string of shops.
Paramus has at least 10 million square feet of retail space in five malls and a string of shopping strips along the two highways.
However, Gordon McKinnon at Intu, which owns a string of shopping centres including the Trafford Centre in Manchester and the Metrocentre in Gateshead, said it had seen an uptick in visitor numbers from Monday after lull in the wake of Black Friday.
Lee's lawyer Clare Thomas said: "He said in his own words his behaviour was despicable". Lee, of Trinity Court, Northside, admitted robbery, attempted robbery and a string of shop thefts.
Today, they house a string of antiques shops.
Others spring from the realm of commerce like Michael Tabor, the former owner of a string of betting shops in Britain.
