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Articles in August 6, 1990 issue of Discount Store News

• Biggs plans 4th U.S. hypermarket; situates Louisville unit amid full-price retailers
  by Arthur Markowitz
• Chains plan MasterCard discounts - K mart Corp., Toys 'R' Us Inc. and Montgomery Ward and Company Inc. planning promotion with MasterCard International Inc
• Sports Authority widens horizons; sets debut in Midwest, Northeast - sports equipment warehouse store
  by Richard C. Halverson
• Sears eyes electronic link with over 5,000 suppliers
  by Arthur Markowitz
• Corded minivac biz charges up - discount store sales
  by Mary Ellen Kelly
• Home office sales soar as margins drop - home office equipment and supplies at discount stores
  by Pete Hisey
• Finding a home for health care products: growing niche needs spot to call its own in market - discount stores market
  by Mary Ellen Kelly
• Specialty stores to follow K marts to L.I - K mart Corp. to planning to open units of its Builders Square Inc., Pace Membership Warehouse Inc. and Sports Authority Inc. subsidiaries on Long Island
  by Laura Liebeck
• Big & tall category keeps getting bigger; division expansion creates size options in men's wear for retailers, discounters - men's apparel
  by Jill Lettich
• Brand switching adds gloss to flat paint sales - at discount stores
  by Richard C. Halverson
• McCrory benches Bargain Time - variety store chain will shut down close out retailer
  by Richard C. Halverson
• Fleece: still basic 'must have.' - discount store sales of sweats; includes related article on sales of fleecewear vs. other sports apparel
  by Jill Lettich
• Retailers give play to prerecorded videos - development of retail sales of video recordings
  by Frank M. Viollis
• 1990 Ad
• Retailers tap sundries to brush up paint sales - discount store retailers
  by Laura Liebeck
• Herb Gilman of Ames dead at 65 - Ames Department Stores Inc., discount store retailer - obituary
• Caldor beefs up its N.Y. presence - discount chain opens stores in Ledgewood, New Jersey and on Long Island
• DSN Index advances modestly; 13 issues hit 1990 highs - Discount Store News Index
• Ames nears day of reckoning; Pistner reveals Rx for ailing discounter - Ames Department Stores Inc., discount store retailer in Chap. 11; CEO Stephen Pistner
  by Pete Hisey
• 1990 Ad
• Nusim switches channels: abandons warehouse club idea for home center chain - Joe Nusim will join Channel Home Centers Inc. as president and CEO rather than starting own warehouse store chain
• Discounters take shape with activewear sales
  by Jill Lettich
• Video sell-through - at discount stores; includes related article on concerned retailers
  by Frank M. Viollis