81.   That means it can compete with both discount chains and department stores.

82.   The big purchase was in the Dayton Hudson Corp., which owns department stores and the Target discount chain.

83.   The big discount chains receive bigger shipments, based on higher sales volumes and bigger ad budgets, Harrison said.

84.   The customer service folks at Tiger said the only place to buy the super toy was at Shopko, a northwest discount retail chain based in Michigan.

85.   The discount chain said it would drop the supplier and pull the rainwear from its shelves if the charges are true.

86.   The discount chain would just not go.

87.   The company considered moving more of its operations to Mexico, where it has been making jeans for discount chains, but decided against it.

88.   The epitome of this cross-shopping is Target, the discount chain that has grown in a decade to become the biggest unit of Dayton Hudson Corp.

89.   The discount chain Crown Books filed for bankruptcy protection early this year and the Canadian chain Chapters is closing many of its stores.

90.   The discount chain said it would drop the supplier if the charges are true.