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Articles in March 18, 1991 issue of Discount Store News

• Hills' prez exits; more closings set - Hills Department Stores Inc., John Brouillard
  by Laura Liebeck
• Tuesday Morning opens 10th stores - Wheaton, Maryland - Marketwatch - column
• Noteholder files suit against Ames execs - Anthony Delano, Ames Department Stores Inc - Marketwatch - column
• Wal-Mart passes Kmart in battle of the top 2 - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., K Mart Corp. K Mart Stores Inc., sales
• Costco nets $197M from stock sale - Costco Wholesale Corp
• Price Club bond sale nets $247M - Price Co
• Discount store issues rise outpacing market issues - FinanceWatch
• Who will foot the bill? - environmentally safe products - Retailing & The Environment
  by Pete Hisey
• Re-use a good sign for Goodwill - Goodwill Industries of America - Retailing & The Environment
• Battery makers charge up to save environment - Hard Lines
• Goldblatt's takes over two Ames sites - Goldblatt's Department Stores, former Ames Department Stores Inc. leases, Chicago, Illinois - Marketwatch - column
• BJ's Wholesale Club's sales up - Marketwatch - column
• Venture's profits jump in '90 - Venture Stores Retailers Ltd
• ShopKo pushes growth in Mountain States - Super Valu Stores Inc. ShopKo Stores Inc., Rocky Mountain States
• Newmark & Lewis bows 3 New York units - New York, State
• U.S. retailers can learn from the Japanese - Ito-Yokado Company Ltd - editorial
  by John Failla
• Children's sportswear stars in licensed apparel industry - Super Show, trade show, Atlanta, Georgia
• Green rating systems catching on - environmentally safe products - Retailing & The Environment
• Tray tables stack gift options - Home Products
• Video games sales lead toy industry in 1990 - Hard Lines
• Young children wielding impressive buying power and influence at retail - special advertising section on the kids market finally grows up
• Making every day Earth Day - marketing environmentally safe products
  by Jill Lettich
• Sears to launch Visa card this month - Sears, Roebuck and Co - Marketwatch - column
• Experimental Imageland store opens - Chicago, Illinois - Marketwatch - column
• Wal-Mart tests VideOcarts - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., VideOcart, shopping carts with computerized video screens
  by Arthur Markowitz
• Morse Shoe obtains DIP financing - debtor-in-possession
• Retailing & the Environment: a must read - editorial
  by Don Longo
• TJX Cos. reports net sales up 13.8%, to $2.45 billion - TJX Companies Inc - FinanceWatch
• Trade groups wade through murky waters - trade associations - Retailing & The Environment
  by Rick Telberg
• Recycled paper products: demand greater than sales - Retailing & The Environment
  by Laura Liebeck
• Basic toys, war themes battle for attention - International Toy Fair - Hard Lines
• Kmart's TV ad campaign hits with over 230 spots - K Mart Corp. K Mart Stores
• Ward, Bell & Howell sign CE agreement - Montgomery Ward and Company Inc., consumer electronics - Marketwatch - column
• 'Green' concerns focus of PMA show - environmentally safe products, Photo Marketing Association International conference
  by Don Longo
• Ross Stores opens six new units
• Membership clubs consolidate and expand - warehouse stores
  by Arthur Markowitz
• Big Three take high road on environmental front - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., K Mart Corp. K Mart Stores, Dayton-Hudson Corp. Target Stores - Retailing & The Environment
  by Richard Halverson
• 'Green' a force at store level - Retailing & The Environment
• Discounters seek DIY products - National Home Center Home Improvement Congress and Exposition, do-it-yourself - Hard Lines
• Neons, green goods make grade at BTS show - National Back-To-School Merchandise Show - Hard Lines
• ALCO reorganization plan enlists secret investors - Duckwall-Alco Stores Inc
  by Mary Ellen Kelly
• Warehouse Club CEO resigns - Sherwin Deutchman - Marketwatch - column
• School/office suppliers form new assn., show - School and Home Office Products Association
• Jewelcor files Chapter 11 plan
• Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America's Richest Man. - editorial - book reviews
  by Tony Lisanti
• Caldor's operating profits gain 14.5% in Fiscal 1990, - FinanceWatch
• Environmentalists push new bills - industrial environmental legislation - includes related article on state environmental laws - Retailing & The Environment
  by Gwen Driscoll
• Vendors wiser with resources - manufacturing industries - Retailing & The Environment
  by Mary Ellen Kelly
• Retailers eye non-prescription reading glasses - Hard Lines
  by Jill Lettich
• Baby section grows up - special advertising section on the kids' market finally grows up