41.   In addition to its Ralph Lauren line, WestPoint Stevens markets brands including Martex, Utica and Vellux at department stores and discount chains.

42.   In a reverse of recent patterns, department stores beat low-balled expectations while some discount chains did not.

43.   In general, discount chains such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fared better than department stores during November.

44.   In many cases, J. Baker operated shoe departments in regional discount chains that have been decimated by Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

45.   In those heady days, regional discount chains such as Caldor and Bradlees flourished.

46.   In the meantime, rivals with much deeper pockets are squeezing in on the already crowded shelf space in the drugstores and discount chains where Revlon competes.

47.   In the retail sector, Bramwell has been buying shares of the Walgreen Co., the discount drugstore chain in Deerfield, Ill.

48.   It is regarded as a compromise between the remaining department stores and the discount chains.

49.   It bears the name of KO-OP, a discount chain.

50.   Kmart and Woolworth failed to cash in on the increasing number of consumers seeking bargains at discount chains.