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Articles in March 3, 1997 issue of Discount Store News

• What do you think of your fired employees?
  by Ken Rankin
• Wal-Mart on-line still looking for $$$.com; next on the agenda: 80,000 skus
  by Ed Rubinstein
• Staples/Office Depot merger delayed pending FTC approval
  by Laura Liebeck
• Freon fraud: DAP pleads innocent
• Music video gets by with a little help from the catalog
  by Robert Scally
• Risk taking redefines standard procedure: paring vendors and improving relations to aid approach
  by Mike Troy
• Great Scott! We get a peek inside Wal-Mart
  by Jennifer Negley
• Merchandising's the answer; by giving a nod to consumer members, Sam's Club realizes a revival in sales
  by Ed Rubinstein
• Kmart sells Everyday on Web; Internet to bring Martha Stewart line to everyone
  by Richard Halverson
• Retailers ready to roll with new inks and pen designs
  by Dawn Wilensky
• Stock buyback to help boost dividend: but great leaps in price not expected in the near term
  by Richard Halverson
• Super Show exercises options; flood of innovations try to appeal to the time-pressed
• 1997 Ad
  by Laura Liebeck
• Vamos: Kmart exits Mexico; Canada in question
  by Laura Liebeck
• Multimedia matures at mass
  by Robert Scally
• The chain that Mr. Sam built: like Disney after Walt, a corporate giant redefines itself
  by Richard Halverson
• Optimism is back in fashion at MAGIC
• TJX needs to be better than better
• Hometown values & a global reach at 35; Wal-Mart enters mid-life without a crisis
  by Mike Troy
• Incredible Universe comes to an end; final sales over by mid-March
  by Robert Scally
• DSN exclusive: the future of vendor/retailer partnerships
  by Tony Lisanti
• International's grade at year 6: B+; a country-by-country assessment of how Wal-Mart is doing globally
  by James Mammarella
• New Dollar Generals hammer hard lines
  by Dawn Wilensky
• Shoppers speak out in focus groups
• JumboSports shoots for the big time
  by Mike Troy
• Retailers see promise in denim assortments; year-end sales results provide opportunities
  by James Mammarella
• Debit cards charge up retailers
  by Richard Halverson