4 While doing so, try not to spend money in any chain businesses.
Abercrombie & Fitch posted the biggest decline of any chain, plummeting 28percentt, close to analysts' forecasts.
Most likely, he added, any chain gang would include illegal immigrants.
Trace any chain of events back far enough, and it's all somebody else's fault.
But like any chain, these are only as strong as their weakest link.
They also have one of the best records on diversity of any chain, yet they don't get credit for that.
"The bars are much sturdier than any chain out there — you can't force them open," he said.
It's a curious assertion if one examines the shelves of "Big Six" fiction and poetry at any chain bookstore.
"The prototype hotel, for almost any chain, is a low-rise building with a parking lot and swimming pool," he said.
As for which state is now more lucrative territory, Mr. Hughes said yesterday, "Any chain worth its salt is going to want to be in both markets".
Besides, as the Boston Marathon bombing reminded us, terrorist plots can be hatched and carried out by individuals acting independently of any chain of command.
