连锁经营是近代产业革命所带来的经济高速发展的产物。所谓“连锁经营”,它是一种商业组织形式和经营制度,是由在同一经营字号的总部统一领导下的若干个店铺或分支企业构成的联合体所进行的商业经营活动。连锁经营最早出现在美国,在其发展完善的过程中,逐渐显现出其它经营模式 Chain management is the product of the rapid economic development brought by the modern industrial revolution. The so-called “chain operation”, which is a form of business organization and management system, is operated by a consortium of several shops or branch enterprises under the unified leadership of the same operating head office. The earliest chain of business in the United States, in the process of its development and improvement, and gradually show other business models