31.   The seven Cape Cod stores must be sold to a single buyer.

32.   The store already is sold out of T-shirts, mugs and caps inspired by the Mars Pathfinder mission.

33.   The stores later were sold.

34.   While the Federated stores can be sold to any business, Donhoff said, it is more likely that another retailer will want to take them over.

35.   He said that because expenses are so high, the company wants to sell its stores in St. Thomas and St. Croix.

36.   The company said it expects the competition commissioner to determine the procedure for selling specific stores by mid-April.

37.   The company is hoping to sell the stores but may close them down if a sale proves impossible, Adler said.