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Articles in August 2, 1993 issue of Discount Store News

• Jamesway gets financing after Ch. 11 filing
  by Jill Lettich
• Columbia Sportswear wins suit against a Sears supplier - Winer Industries Inc.; Sears, Roebuck and Co
  by Paul Demery
• Can peer pressure help prevent worker dishonesty?
  by Jack L. Hayes
• Partnerships the key to ventures in Mexico - United States retailing opportunities in Mexico - Special Report on Global Retailing
• Chains forge dazzling new jewelry, watch dept - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2: Merchandising and Productivity Analysis
• Discounters snap up 35mm, single-use camera sales - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2; Merchandising and Productivity Analysis
• Wal-Mart's share of shoppers overwhelms Atlanta market - Babson College Retailing Research Report
• Equating fashion with function - women's underwear
• Flood waters fail to wash out retailers - flooding of the Mississippi, retail stores
• HSN mulls QVC merger proposal; approval likely - Home Shopping Network, QVC Network Inc
• Multinationals dominate international retailing - companies with operations in several countries - Special Report on Global Retailing
• Old standby categories and hot newcomers propel discounters to $111B in sales - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2: Merchandising and Productivity Analysis
• New products fuel success at crafts chains - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2; Merchandising and Productivity Analysis
• Chains lure CE shoppers with high-tech product at low prices - consumer electronics - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2: Merchandising and Productivity Analysis
• Sporting goods sales dip; rebound expected in '93 - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2: Merchandising and Productivity Analysis
• Chains emphasize pharmacies, step up service offerings - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2: Merchandising and Productivity
• Defining the discount shopper: who is she?
  by Jeffrey Arlen
• IMRA: mandated health care no Rx for retailers; study says plan and tax could burden chains - International Mass Retail Association - includes related article about new International Mass Retail Association members
• Wal-Mart cited for dating policy leading to firing of employees
  by Richard Halverson
• Discount store stocks tread water amid economic uncertainty - several stores' stock drops
  by Neil Nordby
• Canadian recovery spurs store growth - economic recovery - Special Report on Global Retailing
• Discounters manage to put new face on cosmetics - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2: Merchandising and Productivity Analysis
• Organizers on growth track in office supplies - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2; Merchandising and Productivity Analysis
• Private label takes on larger role in hardware - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2: Merchandising and Productivity Analysis
• Innovations help serve up added housewares sales - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2: Merchandising and Productivity
• Dallas survey: Target units rate high on store design, promotions - Babson College Retailing Research Report
• Fine 'tooning' cross-licensing - sale of products which use both sports figures and cartoon characters
• Venture stores lassos the Lone Star state - Venture has geared its new stores in Texas to regional tastes
• Fishers Big Wheel to close 10 units; chain files Ch. 11 petition; revamps executive staff
• Costco drops Manchester Club plan; Price eyes 1st U.K. unit - Costco Wholesale Corp., Price Co., United Kingdom
  by Arthur Markowitz
• European retailers look outward; outsiders eye market - Special Report on Global Retailing
• Fashion dresses up sales at discounters - fashion clothing sales up at discount stores - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2: Merchandising and Productivity Analysis
• Chains propagate lawn & garden centers, greenhouses - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2; Merchandising and Productivity Analysis
• Discounters profit from being the place to buy juvenile items - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2: Merchandising and Productivity Analysis
• Auto speciality store count, sku count on the way up - stockkeeping unit - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2: Merchandising and Productivity
• A strategic look at the big 3 in discounting - Target, Wal-Mart, Kmart
• The boxer rebellion - sales of boxer shorts are up at discount stores
  by Stanley H. Slom
• Value Merchants seeks financial relief to avoid filing Chapter 11
• Poll: fitness buffs decline; five activities buck trend - physical fitness
• Store count up despite retailing consolidation - number of discount stores increases
  by Amy Schaumann
• Discounting gaining ground in several Asian markets - discount stores - Special Report on Global Retailing
• Video games, licenses play tops in toys - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2; Merchandising and Productivity Analysis
• Furniture sales, options to climb for discounters - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2: Merchandising and Productivity Report
• Discounts eating into all food and beverage groups - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2: Merchandising and Productivity Analysis
• Discounters blanket soft home with private label - home furnishings - Discount Store News Annual Discount Industry Report; Part 2: Merchandising and Productivity
• Sizing up the 'City.' - Computer City - Home Office Merchandising
• Rethinking young at heart - discount stores improve junior departments
  by Paul Demery