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Articles in May 23, 1988 issue of Discount Store News

• K mart to explore new retail worlds
  by Donald Longo
• About 50 K marts to offer bulk-pack stationery by 1989
• Consumer confidence, spending survive crash
  by Richard Mount
• Luria trying to cover every angle - L. Luria and Sons, catalog showroom
• Economic indicators are encouraging - for discount store retailers
  by Deane Evans
• Hard lines vendors court business and have high hopes
  by Nanci Brickman
• K mart Kids Club targets K marters of the future - K mart Gym Kids Club
• What makes winners in discount retailing? - final article by writer Richard Groberg
  by Richard Groberg
• Office Depot seeks to go public to fund expansion
  by Laura Liebeck
• Guinan: provide direction, then get out of the way - James Guinan, CEO of retail division of Consolidated Stores, former head of Gold Circle
  by Richard C. Halverson
• Cincinnati: many discounters say it's a 'blue chip' investment
• Turnaround predicted in heartland - northwestern Midwest states
• Pacific growth rubs off on Mountains - Mountain state region, discount store growth
• Phoenix: the competition is as hot as the city's summers - discount store competition
• California leader in diversification - discount stores in the Pacific states
• New recruitment and training programs gain importance - in discount stores
• Apparel vendors foresee flat year, but no recession
• Slow but steady growth anticipated for home products - home furnishings industry
• Generic & value-brand cigarettes turning heads at warehouse clubs
• Labor shortage pinches discounters - in New England
• A pair of distinct economies co-exist - discount retailing in the Middle Atlantic States
• Philadelphia: many discount formats battle for dominance
• Going for a bigger piece of the pie - discount retailers in the northeast Midwestern states
• Minneapolis-St. Paul: Twin Cities shape up as retail battleground
• Sunny future in store for discounters - in the South Atlantic states
• Oil belt regroups after recession - West South Central states, discount stores
• New Orleans: despite a declining economy, discounting thrives - discount stores
• Employee substance abuse: discounters' growing concern
• Price verdict threatens future of discounting - Supreme court verdict on price cutting
• Discounters divided on 'Son of Fair Trade.' - price cutting ruling by Supreme Court
• Zayre taps Zarkin of HomeClub to head troubled discount division - Herbert J. Zarkin
• Herb Gilman: 'the concept is so simple.' - Ames Dept. Stores chairman Herb Gilman
  by Peter Hisey
• Nashua, N.H; chains seek sites as megalopolis edges North - New Hampshire, discount store chains
• Fort Lauderdale: discounters soak up So. Florida's sun and dollars
• Retailers communicate to differentiate - discount retailers using advertising to differentiate themselves from the competition
• Electronic retailers in viability quest
• Store size, count, not governing factors in SKU turn rates - discount store inventories