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Articles in Jan 21, 1985 issue of Discount Store News

• T.G.& Y. projects more conversions of variety units to Ben Franklin system
• T.G. & Y. slashes sku's, replanograms waxes and polishes
• Best melds Rogers into LaBelle's: centralization portent?
• CD , in getting Purdy, strengthens competitive clout
• Bigger market share is seen for toy chains
• Electronic machines can train personnel
  by Arthur Markowitz
• Karl's creates its own hot items with a wide variety of imports
• Kirby, an 'original' retires from Caldor
• NMRI protests Justice Dept.'s trade-restraint policy
  by Ken Rankin
• Biz is strong in computer desks; sold for basic home-office use
• Electronic Mall menu shows 12 categories
• Discounters chase fashion end of kitchen textile, tabletop biz
• Discounters: Justice Dept. guide will promote resale price-fixing
• Microwave oven biz heat spreads to East, Midwest
• Latest bill shaving youth pay floor has 'safeguards'
  by Ken Rankin
• RITAC's Andres: advocates of new foreign trade curbs unfortunately gaining strength
• Herman's successfully makes 1st stock offering
• Artificial intelligence to perform most buyer functions; as Gold Circle's Stotesbery sees future
• Service, Best collide in 17 states; Service to alter industry with $207M acquisitions
• Nichols narrows assortments in its upgraded apparel push
• Ames leads surge in discount stock prices
• Highland to invade Chicago, Houston markets
• Cook United, Zayre's spark discount gainers
• Discounters add patrons, particularly for apparel
• Wal-Mart sets its sights on $8.3B in 1985
• Potential seen high for children's wear,
• Contact lens care, mousses spur sales
• SCOA Industries' board O.K.'s recast leveraged buyout offer
• Brass changes may impact RPM policy
  by Ken Rankin
• Misdirected maker efforts seen stunting wax growth
• Combine strategies for cosmetics, scents
• Maybelline tops; upscalers like Revlon
• Licensing hot, but seen threat to profits
• Under-the-cabinet electrics seen more profitable
• Adding some twists to basic warehouse concept
• FTC aids Wal-Mart in fighting Okla, loss-leader ban
• Apparel label regs protested; seen complicating advertising
  by Ken Rankin
• Fashion hot but basics still king
  by Herb Rechter
• High-end computers may find a home in discount stores
  by Larry Carlat
• New strategies are expected in '85…
• New toys: no feast, but no famine
• T.J. Maxx wets toes in shoes; 50-store rollout set
• Chains concerned over 1st half, despite fiscal-year sales gains
• Buyers bullish as home offices, baby boomers' kids multiply
• 1985 Ad
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• Enticing new housewares buck tight open-to-buys
  by Al Heller
• K mart pushes new program despite 4th-qtr. net dip
• Zayre's Zarkin: marketing to be discounters' buzzword
  by Al Heller
• Hypermarket Bigg's is a European-style eye-opener
• Fast checkout, strong in-stock, broad mix seen survival keys
• Catalogers petition Congressmen about Justice Dept. guidelines
• Execs share productivity strategies at NMRI parley
• Licensing: still a bit of a guessing game
• 115 Wal-Marts to open in '85, boosting total by 15% to 860
  by Al Heller
• K mart may add new categories to Jaclyn Smith line
• Discount stores on way to $81B-plus in 1985
• Bradlees spreads to all but 2 big Northeast markets
• Men's to get less trendy, boys' more
• Chains eye upsurge in consumables biz
• Jewelcor Inc. plans to merge two showroom chains
• Buyers predict 20%-plus sales gains in health care
• Chains: AT&T promotion fails to ring bell
  by Mary Ellen Kelly
• Invader Drug Emporium coexists in peace with K mart
  by Beth A. Sexer
• CD will open sales desks in supers
• Apparel merchandising at Hills virtually unique in discountland
• Plush toys heat up '86 licenses
• Black & Decker, Stanley rule ranking
• ATMs are readied for 44 Detroit-area K marts
• Jewelcor to offer 2.8 cent-a-flyer program to discounters
  by Arthur Markowitz
• Harris: moderate growth
• Dallas encircled,stores expanded as market grows
• Discounters backed by court on right to parallel imports
  by Ken Rankin
• CD unveils experimental clearance center-warehouse
• 1985 Ad
• FTC will seek changes in warranty disclosure rules
• Top-management commitment cited in discounters' search for excellence
• Warehouse home centers: K mart, Service Mdse. vie for leadership
• New Gemco prototype restaged to bolster one-stop shopping
  by Beth A. Sexer
• 1985 Ad

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