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Articles in August 21, 1989 issue of Discount Store News

• CVN, QVC weigh merger - home shopping services
• Computer aftermarket heats up; suppliers expect coming boom in fax paper, other accessory items to benefit discounters
• Clubs, Sears inflate tire market; warehouse clubs make inroads as full-liners lessen commitment
  by Richard C. Halverson
• Food wholesaler strikes back at clubs; Southwestern Convenience Club offers food for thought - Certified Grocers of California Ltd. opens Convenience Club, a food wholesale club
  by Arthur Markowitz
• Mower vendors cultivate interest with styling, extra power
  by Richard C. Halverson
• Aggressive advertising puts Tops on top of competition - Tops Appliance City - company profile
  by Pete Hisey
• Jeans' popularity wearing thin; but discounters find a silver lining
  by Kenneth M. Chanko
• VCRs to find growth in trade-up market
• Ames deals variety div. to McCrory for $80M; retailer to focus efforts on discount department stores - Ames Department Stores Inc. sells G.C. Murphy Co. division to E-II Holdings Inc., parent of McCrory Variety Stores
  by Peter Hisey
• Office Square readies for major expansion - office supplies warehouse store chain
• Service builds up debt bulge as an anti-takeover measure - Service Merchandise Company Inc., catalog showroom chain
• Glass takes donkey ride down old memory lane - celebrating 25 year anniversary of Harrison, Arkansas' Wal-Mart; David Glass, Wal-Mart president, rides donkey
  by Don Longo
• Wal-Mart eyes new vendor store; targets upscale Charlotte Mall for second unit - North Carolina
• Pace to install jewelry selling interactive terminals chainwide - membership warehouse stores
• DAT recorders could bring new life to CE - digital audio tapes; consumer electronics - column
  by Peter Hisey
• Use of wood fuels hefty sales surge in organizers - home storage organizers
  by Mary Ellen Kelly