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Articles in Sept 16, 1996 issue of Discount Store News

• Wal-Mart brings more food into its discount stores; Florida test of frozen items just the beginning - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. allows Loggins Meat Co. to sell food on premises
  by Pete Hisey
• Dave Bluestein: hard lines vendor of the year - SPARC Awards
• Is there life beyond alpha hydroxy acids? - researchers looking for breakthrough skin care product
  by Faye Brookman
• Kmart rolls out latest rehab - discount chain spending more than $1 billion to reconfigure stores, add grocery items
  by Laura Liebeck
• Voices from the past talk about the future - discount store chain executives
  by Elizabeth Bratko
• Steady strokes - Apparel Merchandising - Swimwear
  by James Mammarella
• Service and skin care - at discount and drug stores
  by Faye Brookman
• Creativity crafts fresh ideas - growing craft store chain mixes entertainment with retailing - Company Profile
  by Dawn Wilensky
• Don Soderquist: Hall of Fame inductee - SPARC Awards
• A closer look at skin care's top 10 - top selling facial moisturizers and cleansers
  by Lisa I. Fried
• SPARC hails industry's best - Supplier Performance Awards by Retail Category
• Software become more teen-friendly - software packages for teen-agers
  by Pete Hisey
• TV licensing requires marketing push, but movies need shove - Apparel Merchandising - Licensing
• In-store skin care education: a search for information at Thrift, Harmon and Revco - can be hard to find in a chain store
  by Faye Brookman
• Wealth, not health, motivates Target to extinguish cigarettes - Target Stores Inc. halts tobacco sales due to costs, associated problems
  by Richard Halverson
• Dale Kramer: discounter of the year - SPARC Awards
• Endless summer for shorts - Apparel Merchandising - Men's
• The wrinkle report: how boomers feel about getting old - includes table on expenditures on facial products, use of skin products and treatment of wrinkles
  by Lisa I. Fried
• Richman goes DIY with MIS - Richman Gordman 1/2 Price Stores Inc. takes do-it-yourself approach to management information systems
  by Richard Halverson
• Dan Laws: soft lines vendor of the year - SPARC Awards
• Anti-wrinkle link may boost AHA sales - alpha hydroxy acids
  by Lisa I. Fried
• Staples/Office Depot merger: the timing is right - Staples Inc., Office Depot Inc. combine into largest office store chain
• Building a high-performance PC, $200 at a time
• Kids' has room to grow - Apparel Merchandising - Children's
• The quest for a moisturizer at Kmart, Caldor and Bradlees
  by Dawn Wilensky
• Merchants at MAGIC sense apparel rebound - retailers at trade show report good sales of children's clothing in August 1996
  by James Mammarella
• Jack Smith: specialty discounter of the year - SPARC Awards
• Petites potential - Apparel Merchandising - Women's
• Luria makes offer for Best Products - L. Luria and Son Inc. bids $69 million for chain, plans own reconfiguration
  by Pete Hisey
• Old Navy rocks - aggressive marketing by clothing store chain Old Navy Clothing Co - Apparel Merchandising - Editorial
  by Jeffrey Arlen
• Lifestyles, lifestages: understanding their impact on purchasing patterns - includes table on consumer preferences for facial moisturizers by brand name
• Canadian store wars take another victim - catalog showroom operator Consumers Distributing Inc. seeks court protection from creditors
  by Jim Fox
• Goodbye Bloomingdale's … hello Sears? - discounter opens unit in former Bloomingdale's location - Apparel Merchandising
  by Susan Reda
• Purchasing patterns for facial moisturizers - includes table of mass merchandisers: consumer preferences for facial moisturizers, divided by age and lifestyle