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Articles in Dec 9, 1996 issue of Discount Store News

• BrandsMart caps the year with opening of monster flagship - Miami, Florida
• DVD proponents work to avoid Beta's fate - digital video disk; Beta format videotapes
• All hands on deck: teamwork initiates from the buyer level to the stock room focus on improving operations - Kmart - It's Now or Never Supplement - Company Profile
  by Jennifer Negley
• Logo vs. logo - competition between Wilson brand and Spalding brand for logoed floor space at retail - Apparel Merchandising
  by James Mammarella
• 1996 Ad
• Formula for frequency - consumables sales a Kmart - It's Now or Never
  by Laura Liebeck
• Intimates takes a branded approach - Kmart Corp - Apparel Merchandising
• Five discounters open in NYC - retail chains expand operations in November 1996 in New York City, N.Y
• It's time to stop the retail blame game - government attempts to force retailers to avoid buying merchandise made in sweatshops - Column
  by Ken Rankin
• Visualizing the message: Kmart is making a major investment to translate its merchandising strategy into power presentations - It's Now or Never
  by James Mammarella
• Intimates takes shape at ShopKo - Apparel Merchandising
  by Desiree Hanford
• Perfumania expands H&BC stance; acquires 34-unit Nature's Elements chain
• More fashion, more simply - Kmart - It's Now or Never
  by James Mammarella
• Rebuilding women's by slashing skus - Kmart Corp - Apparel Merchandising
• Buying behavior - apparel shopping - part
• ShopKo hits airwaves with brand message - discount store's advertising campaign
  by Dawn Wilensky
• O.K.mart now it's time for results - It's Now or Never Supplement - Company Profile
  by Tony Lisanti
• Attention Kmart shoppers: Kmart's marketing team delivers no message before its time - It's Now or Never Supplement - Company Profile
  by Jennifer Negley
• Long-range forecast: sunny for boys' wind pants - Apparel Merchandising
• New headlight technology shines at auto after market show
• Super K: a fresh outlook - Super Kmart Centers - It's Now or Never
  by Laura Liebeck
• Kmart: orchestrating a change - discount store reducing skus - Apparel Merchandising
• RTA quality, displays on the rise - ready-to-assemble furniture - Home Market Trends
  by Barbara White-Sax
• DISC honors retailers for community service - Discounters in Service to the Community Awards go to three retail chains
• Results will help Kmart squelch the skepticism - company's restructuring efforts - Editorial
  by Tony Lisanti
• Hardball with hard lines - Kmart - It's Now or Never
  by Richard Halverson
• Refocusing menswear one leg at a time - Kmart Corp - Apparel Merchandising
• KidsWorld takes baby steps - Toys "R" Us Inc. opens new-format store in Elizabeth, New Jersey
  by Laura Liebeck
• Discounters have what shoppers want for the holidays: value - Column
  by Bob Verdisco
• Rx for building traffic: Kmart has revamped the pharmacy/H&BC department as a destination in its own right - It's Now or Never
  by James Mammarella
• Children's builds on licensing strengths - Kmart Corp - Apparel Merchandising
• Quality foods, H&BC focus at PLMA - Private Label Manufactures Association
• Leaner meaner cleaner: nearly $1 billion in cost cutting has goosed earnings and improved efficiencies - Kmart, includes related article on Wall Street perceptions of Kmart - It's Now or Never Supplement - Company Profile
  by Richard Halverson
• Power to the people: from store-level associates to top-level managers, Kmart is taking an active, nurturing stance - It's Now or Never Supplement - Company Profile
  by Jennifer Negley
• The Martha-ization of Kmart's home - Martha Stewart soft home retail brand - Home Market Trends
  by James Mammarella
• Licensing top of mind with retailers, vendors at SHOPA - School and Home Office Products Association gathering
  by Laura Liebeck
• Ready set execute: the game plan to turn around through teamwork - Kmart - It's Now or Never Supplement - Company Profile
  by Laura Liebeck
• It's a small world after all - Kmart International - It's Now or Never
  by Laura Liebeck
• Apparel trends nest into the home - bed and bath items - Home Market Trends
  by Dawn Wilensky