Just a quarter of its sales come from outlets it owns, including its websites; rivals sell women two tops per pair of jeans; Levi's sells less than one.
Despite its recent struggles, BHS still employs 11,000 people, and as well as its UK outlets it has 88 franchise stores in Russia and the Middle East.
Although Japan's biggest mobile-phone company, NTT Docomo, prefers to sell through its own outlets, it may soon be forced to cut Shigeta in, since Hikari now has more stores than NTT and is helping NTT Docomo's competitors gain share.
Russia may not have changed that much since the Soviet days, but in terms of propaganda, disseminated through slick, sanitised media outlets, it has raised its game significantly.
So as far as the airline is concerned, the more Internet outlets it has at its disposal, the better.
Mr Norman suggested HSS would reduce the number of its high-street outlets: "It is moving to much bigger depots and most product is delivered to sites.
Multiple votes by supporters are often encouraged, and once the group releases its findings to credible media outlets, it claims legitimacy by citing the publication of its poll in a recognized newspaper or online news source.
Howard Davidowitz, chairman of his retail consultancy and investment bank, thinks Saks ought to close weak stores and open more of its Off 5th discount outlets (it has 54 now).
While The Skateboard Mag's "no pants, no shirt, no coverage" policy may have existed only in the minds of its contributors, in other outlets it was more explicit.
Those fish guts delivered me to France because, although this country has its share of fast-food outlets, it has preserved a relationship to food distinguished from the American in three essential respects: fear, time and "terroir".
He said the group was looking to expand its work beyond the 100 media outlets it already works with.
