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Articles in August 24, 1998 issue of Discount Store News

• Golden Books Family Entertainment Home Video & Audio
• Galoob Toys Inc
• Circuit City reworks merchandising, strengthens SOHO, software offerings
  by Laura Heller
• Staples set to cut ribbon on new HQ
• Competition erodes mass market share
• Digital camera sales pick up as retail prices slide
  by Trisha Whipple
• Pennzoil
• Dollar Tree opens 1,000th store, acquires 98[cent] Clearance Centers
  by Richard Halverson
• 99 Cents Only to purchase Universal Intl., expand outside Southern California
  by Robert Scally
• Movie Cross Promotions
• Oral care cosmetics brighten category sales
  by Eric Thorsen
• Musicland Stores
• Smaller home audio systems show big sales gains
  by Laura Heller
• JumboSports opens new Prototype
  by Mike Troy
• Peapod goes national
  by Laura Liebeck
• Eastman Kodak Corp
• "Must See TV" turns to a new channel
• Cyber expressions
• `Titanic' presales top record
• Family Dollar opens 3,000th store
  by Mike Duff
• Albertson 's poised to move to head of 'food chain'
  by Laura Liebeck
• From The Field
• New cards alter discount convention
  by Mike Troy
• New niches
• Web piques interest in video sales
• Auto ownership
• Zellers opens Best Value; stresses convenience
  by Jim Fox
• Tandy sheds computer City; moves ahead with 3rd TechAmerica store
  by Laura Heller
• Sports collectibles are a hot ticket
  by Robert Scally
• Sales up in ethnic hair care
• Branding Children's Clothing
• `Vive la Difference' Retail Pioneers of the 1990s
• Fred Meyer expands jewelry operations
• Backpack sales are in the bag
• Analysts not yet sold on merger
• Sam's expands Member's Mark
• Office Depot/Viking merger imminent
• Pen-Tabs
• ShopKo expands its narrow assortment
  by Jeffrey Arlen
• Synthetics gain ground in a slippery business
  by Richard Halverson
• Lebhar-Friedman expands book publishing division
• Men's Wearhouse opens in NYC; puts panache in saturated market
• Disney Consumer Products
• Nail color
• Simitar
• Charting denim sales
• TSA/Venator deal on the brink- Smith maintains upbeat outlook
• The mega-pixel war begins
• New oil specifications might hurt weak DIY sales
• Wherehouse Entertainment to pay $115 million in Blockbuster Music deal
• Wal-Mart
• `Gone With The Wind' to go sell-through
  by Robert Scally
• Antennae
• TJX superstores build on brand approach
  by Mike Duff
• Warner Bros. Expands marketing efforts
• Fox Family Worldwide consolidates, forms new consumer products division
• Polaroid
• Target
• ShopKo honors vendor partners
• MGM Consumer Products
• Casual slacks: denim deja vu?
• Pennzoil merger to affect refineries, not retailers
• Cablevision buys Clearview Cinemas, strengthens Metro New York presence
• Nickelodeon
• Conair
• Monster movies
• Is spring sleepwear finally waking up?