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The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. retail store parent company A collection of businesses; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChainOrganization</a>. An element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RetailStore_ParentCompany</a> is a multi-location business with branches or franchises which are (all or mostly) retail stores; e.g., KMart or Penneys. This is distinct from chain service businesses, such as H&amp;R Block and JiffyLube, as well as from single-site retail businesses. RetailStore-ParentCompany The collection of all drug store chains. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RetailStore_ParentCompany</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_D3hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrivateSectorOrganization</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwBF9z5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HealthcareOrganization</a>. drug store chain DrugStoreChain Kmart KMart-TheCompany Computer Mart The parent company of all ComputerMart stores. ComputerMartCompany SamsClub Sam's Club LandsEnd-Corporation Lands' End MichelinCompany Michelin The company that makes car tires HEBCompany HEB Macys Macys-TheCompany Budget Rent-A-Car BudgetAutoRentalCompany Best Buy BestBuy-CommercialOrganization FredericksOfHollywood-CommercialOrganization Fredricks Of Hollywood The parent company of all EntreComputerCenter computer stores. Entre Computer Center EntreComputerCenterCompany Sears SearsTheCompany The Gap TheGap J.Crew JCrew Radio Shack RadioShack-CommercialOrganization Computer Land The parent company of all local ComputerLand stores. ComputerLandCompany EddieBauer-CommercialOrganization Eddie Bauer Tom Thumb TomThumbTheCompany SouthlandTheCompany Southland ToysRUs-Corporation Toys R Us HallmarkCards-CommercialOrganization Hallmark Cards Wal-Mart Walmart-CommercialOrganization Waldenbooks WaldenBooksTheCompany Carpetright-CommercialOrganization A company that owns a chain of retail stores in the UK and Europe that sell carpet and other flooring products. Carpetright CompuAdd The parent company of all local CompuAdd stores. CompuAddCompany chain ChainOrganization A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LargeIncorporatedBusiness</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChainOrganization</a> is a parent business which comes into contact with its customers or clients primarily through its geographically dispersed sub-organizations, which typically are (mostly) homogeneous in product line, style of physical quarters, and local organizational structure. Examples include the parent organizations of McDonald's and Starbucks. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. relationships among organizations organization topic RelationshipsAmongOrganizations-Organization-Topic retail organization RetailOrganization A collection of organizations. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjeUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RetailOrganization</a> is an organization that engages primarily in selling goods or services to end-users or consumers, rather than to wholesale customers. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjeUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RetailOrganization</a> include the collections <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi__5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RetailStore</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVju15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AutoDealership</a>. retail store parent company A collection of businesses; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChainOrganization</a>. An element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RetailStore_ParentCompany</a> is a multi-location business with branches or franchises which are (all or mostly) retail stores; e.g., KMart or Penneys. This is distinct from chain service businesses, such as H&amp;R Block and JiffyLube, as well as from single-site retail businesses. RetailStore-ParentCompany retail store parent company A collection of businesses; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChainOrganization</a>. An element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RetailStore_ParentCompany</a> is a multi-location business with branches or franchises which are (all or mostly) retail stores; e.g., KMart or Penneys. This is distinct from chain service businesses, such as H&amp;R Block and JiffyLube, as well as from single-site retail businesses. RetailStore-ParentCompany retail store parent company A collection of businesses; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChainOrganization</a>. An element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RetailStore_ParentCompany</a> is a multi-location business with branches or franchises which are (all or mostly) retail stores; e.g., KMart or Penneys. This is distinct from chain service businesses, such as H&amp;R Block and JiffyLube, as well as from single-site retail businesses. RetailStore-ParentCompany BusinessTypeByActivityType type of business by activity A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwI3GYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BusinessTypeByActivityType</a> is a category of business characterized by the performance of some main business activity, such as the selling of flowers or the breeding and selling of animals.