The phrase "shopping chain" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a group of retail stores or businesses that operate under the same brand or ownership.
Example: "The shopping chain has expanded its locations across the country, making it more accessible to customers."
Alternatives: "retail chain" or "store chain."
If all else fails, there's this little shopping chain in the UK called John Lewis, which could kit them out.
In 1996 LVMH bought into DFS, a duty-free shopping chain primarily based in the Far East.
Mr Precious says Price Chopper, an American grocery chain, is in the process of introducing Smartlane; and Marks & Spencer, a British shopping chain, uses Irisys's infra-red sensors, as does Abercrombie & Fitch, an American fashion chain.
THE term "bargain basement" was supposedly coined to describe the first outlet of Filene's Basement, an American discount shopping chain whose bags scream "I just got a bargain!" in large red letters.
Along with his withdrawal from fine art sales, Arnault has also given up on his struggling Internet investment company, Europ@net, and is seeking to sell the cosmetics chain Sephora and duty-free shopping chain DFS Group.
The shopping chain's strategy in cyberspace where its presence has been limited for years may appear comparatively sluggish, but some industry observes think it held off for a reason.
Even Wal-Mart Stores, which acquired and renovated two shopping chains, has been struggling to make money here.
Exactly which strategy retailers are pursuing this year differs not only among shopping chains but among categories of merchandise.
Other prominent members of this newer group of business executives are Mustafa Latif Topbas, the chairman and a founder of the discount-shopping chain BIM, the country's fastest-growing retail chain, and Murat Ulker, who runs the chocolate and cookie manufacturer Yildiz Holding.
The lossmaking Harris + Hoole coffee shop chain could be next.
Starbucks, a coffee-shop chain, is expected to open soon as a similar franchise.
