31.   Duffell doubts that the Times Square store will much affect Tower, which has stores in Greenwich Village, near Lincoln Center and on the Upper East Side.

32.   Earlier this month, Home Depot, which has six stores in the city and is about to open another, filed a building permit application for yet another.

33.   FAO Schwarz has a store in Glendale.

34.   For example, Wolf has two stores in Gwinnett Place mall.

35.   For large chains like Blockbuster Music, which has three stores locally and is being hurt by the price wars, the options appear to be fewer.

36.   FTC lawyers say that prices to consumers have fallen in regional markets where both companies have stores and fear that prices will rise if one chain disappears.

37.   FTC lawyers fear consumers would pay more if one chain disappears, noting prices have fallen in markets where both retailers have stores.

38.   Gap, Nordstrom, Williams-Sonoma and Target, for instance, could see some of the biggest increases in online customers because they have stores.

39.   Gregory Parkinson, a dress designer and a friend of Rees and Andersen, has relocated from Los Angeles, where he had a store until a year ago.

40.   Grand Union has stores in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont and Pennsylvania.