Talk:Chain store

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Contents 1 Merger Proposal 2 oppose the merge 3 WikiProject: Retailing 4 oppose the merge 5 Etymology of CHAIN store

[edit] Merger Proposal

Business chain, Chain store, and Restaurant chain are all minor variations on the theme and should be merged. I think they should be merged into Chain store, which also has the most history. Ewlyahoocom 16:34, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

• Support move. -- Jjjsixsix ^(talk)/_(contribs) @ 06:21, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose If there is such a dispute, this article should probably be moved to retail chain and this should become a disambig. I strongly believe retail chain is the more popular term for the subject of the article. Tuxide 03:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] oppose the merge

restaurant manufacture the goods they sell, but stores sell goods made elsewhere. The margins are totally different. (cost of good sold and labor costs) The types of people involved and the occations are different. --JMarsh 13:06, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject: Retailing

Hello, a new WikiProject called Retailing has been created, and we invite anyone who is interested in joining to sign up. If you would like to join it, then list your name on Wikipedia:Wikiproject/List_of_proposed_projects#Retailing. Tuxide 00:37, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] oppose the merge

They are very differing things,i agree with Jmarsh,resturants DO make there stuff there,whilst retail things make there stuff elsewhere.--User5 15:40, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Etymology of CHAIN store

I would like to know how the word "CHAIN" became associated with this grouping of businesses. I can think several other words that could have been used.

When did the reference to a "chain store" first appear in print?

Thanks.

66.82.9.57 02:17, 12 February 2007 (UTC)PBacina@comcast.net

A retailer becomes a retail chain when it opens its second store. For example, Dayton's (with its first store opening in 1902) became a retail chain when it opened its second store in the Southdale Center. I would also like to see the origin of the word "chain"; perhaps we can start looking where the first chain store ever opened. Tuxide 02:30, 12 February 2007 (UTC)