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Articles in April 5, 2004, issue of DSN Retailing Today

• Petco buys 20 Kids "R" Us stores
• Top losers
• The Bombay Co
  by Mike Duff
• Blue laser debate
• Lane Bryant searches for plus-size models
• More toy shows
• Target a channel of one the keeper of mass style
  by Laura Heller
• Reeling in the exotic and inexpensive
• Details continue to drive uniform sales
• Making a bed and happy to lie in it
• Change is home's only regular inhabitant
  by Mike Duff
• Albertsons acquires Shaw's
  by Mike Duff
• Major indices
• Williams-Sonoma
  by Mike Duff
• HDTV nears mass adoption
• Story Reader gives learning a lift
• Style inhabits the unlikeliest places
  by Doug Desjardins
• Comfort, performance sell sport socks
• Giving new meaning to CE: cheap yet elegant
  by Laura Heller
• Circulars live up to 'expect more' strategy
  by Tim Craig
• Target benefited from shift in food strategy
  by Tony Lisanti
• Insider trades
• Portable MP3 players
• Transformers toys celebrate 20 years
• Having that exclusive edge
  by Doug Desjardins
• Second Sears grand store opens in Illinois
  by Laura Heller
• Kmart reports first profit post Ch. 11
  by Debbie Howell
• Sleep comfort
• New York—Maidenform Inc. is in the process of being acquired by Ares Management LLC's private equity arm, the Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund L.P
• Grocery Outlet
  by Mike Duff
• Mizrahi magnet may just have pull
  by Emily Scardino
• Making a winning play
  by Mike Troy
• Ikea, ShopKo, Ace identify trends in house and home
  by Mike Duff
• JCPenney relaunches Queens store: remodeled location serves as corporate test ground
  by Emily Scardino
• Dollar General seeks to settle with SEC
  by Debbie Howell
• New York—Mass fashion apparel just got covered in one of the classiest of today's men's magazines, GQ, in an article about "Finding High Fashion In, Yes, Kmart, Target and Wal-Mart"
• Ralphs Grocery Company, a division of Kroger, will close 15 underperforming stores in Southern California
  by Mike Duff
• Getting down to business
  by Mike Troy
• Starbucks joins Wal-Mart in click-n-rip
  by Doug Desjardins
• At Boston Seafood, shrimp is big in more ways than one
  by Mike Duff
• Cost Plus ends '03 with Florida entry
• West Nyack, N.Y.—As part of its Ch. 11 reorganization, Footstar has begun clearing out the inventory at 163 of its underperforming locations that are closing
• The J.M. Smucker Company will acquire International Multifoods Corp., resulting in a combined company with sales exceeding $2.3 billion
  by Mike Duff
• Building the female diy base
  by Debbie Howell
• Sports Authority and Dick's each hold winning game plan
  by Mike Troy
• Color dominates housewares show
  by Mike Duff
• Cabela's lures investors with IPO
  by Mike Troy
• Wal-Mart
  by Laura Heller
• Target assortment taps into wider demographics; mature shoppers get more trendy choices
  by Emily Scardino
• Microsoft is expected to lower the price of its Xbox video game console by $30 this month from $179 to $149
  by Doug Desjardins
• Natural foods become supermarket focus
• Mama's got a brand new-retro-bag
• The community is asking, Are you friend or foe?
  by Tim Craig
• Delhaize divests more Kash n' Karry stores
• At Galyan's, 'big' isn't always better
• Mission accomplished for Target
  by Laura Heller
• Dell
  by Laura Heller
• Young men trend to mass for threads; CDs, jeans in same basket
• LeapFrog Enterprises
  by Doug Desjardins
• Drinkable yogurt
• Contemporary looks ignite candle sales
• MGA Entertainment will team with Toys "R" Us later this year for an exclusive roll out of its new Alien Racers toy line
  by Doug Desjardins
• Recharge and rejuvenate to remain successful
  by Sandra Kennedy
• Staples to acquire UK office supply chain
• Tower records spins out of chapter 11
• Circuit City
  by Laura Heller
• Portland, Ore.—Jantzen Inc
• KB Toys
  by Doug Desjardins
• Organic seafood makes a splash
• Fine-tuning customer centricity
• Color therapy augments spa
• As target searches for a supercenter strategy, the competition keeps lengthening its lead
  by Mike Duff
• The time is right to reform immigration
  by R. Blake Chisam
• Best buy mulls in-store staffing overhaul
• Top gainers
• Audio missing out on video's sound profit
• New York—Dress Barn
• Spider-Man and Shrek swing into action
• IRI reports on hottest food items from 2003
• Food for thought: can discount do fashionable food?
  by Mike Duff