British and American based chains gave models the financial security they needed.

Prange Way was an American chain of discount department stores.

And the parent companies of a number of American chains are now European.

At the more casual end, American chains and imitators are becoming more popular.

To be sure, American chains do not have the midpriced field entirely to themselves.

Pearle Optical is an American chain of eye care stores.

He does have a collection of American key chains he could put to use.

Bealls is the name of two unrelated American retail chains:

These include most notably the American chain of global positioning system satellites.

The company expanded quickly throughout the region but suffered when the big American chains began to move to the area.