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Articles in March 20, 1989 issue of Discount Store News

• Technology key to efficiency; no. 1 retailer seeks to lower support costs
  by Arthur Markowitz
• 1989 Ad
  by Kenneth M. Chanko
• 1989 Ad
• Sears to unveil Ltd. stores; accelerates growth of power departments - Sears Ltd. stores to focus on certain product lines
• Sears goes national with Kansas pricing test; Wichita survey shows discounters still strong
  by Don Longo
• New pricing strategy to affect distribution channels - Sears
  by Pamela Krein
• Sears plugs into all forms of electronic retailing
• No more codgers in work clothes - Sears updating its apparel departments - column
  by Kenneth M. Chanko
• Brand Central hits the big time; Sears goes head-to-head with specialty CE chains - Sears renovates its consumer electronics departments
  by Peter Hisey
• Dutch Boy brand to color Sears' PL paint mix - Sears to add brand name paints to its private label merchandise
  by Richard C. Halverson
• At the crossroads: Sears searches for a new direction - includes related article on effect on discounters - HomeMarket Trends
  by Michael Hartnett
• Builders show: texture on tap - National Association of Home Builders show; effect on sale of bed and bath linens
  by Peter Hisey
• Sears awakes with vengeance; there's more to the new Sears than low prices
  by Tony Lisanti
• Stuarts unwraps newly built store - Stuarts Department stores opens new discount store
  by Tony Lisanti
• Catalog buying spun off to halt slide - Sears spins off catalog operations from merchandising division
  by Arthur Markowitz
• Sears targets power format for apparel; launches major revamp for ailing departments
  by Kenneth M. Chanko
• Private label housewares program in the offing? - at Sears
  by Mary Ellen Kelly
• From hula hoops to kitchenware - Brian Davis' Decor America markets plastic dinnerware - HomeMarket Trends
  by Mary Ellen Kelly
• ShopKo's Twin Valu hypermarket debuts
  by Peter Hisey
• Wal-Mart tops $20B; closes in on K mart
• Fast-growing McKids chain plans to triple in size by 1990 - Sears specialty childen's apparel stores
• Brands stand trial in test auto stores; Sears focuses on big ticket tires
• Sears gives kids' apparel the superstore treatment - Kids & More department
  by Donald Longo
• Sear's CE outlet not a discounter - consumer electronics departments - column
  by Peter Hisey
• Sears: servicing pickups to BMWs - automotive repair services - column
  by Richard Halverson
• Hills comes out of the shade - Hills Department Stores markets window treatments - HomeMarket Trends