91.   The stores opened in the past two months.

92.   The Washington shopping center where the Timberland store opened may be evidence of this trend.

93.   They also start training workers six to nine months before a store opens.

94.   They hope about a dozen automated stores will open in the West Los Angeles and Valley area over the next year.

95.   Thje first two stores will open Saturdy at Tysons Corner in McLean, Va. and in Glendale Mall in Los angeles County.

96.   This year, more specialty record stores have opened than in any other year in recent memory, a particularly helpful fact for last-minute Christmas shoppers.

97.   Though the first store just opened in March, Shinner knows he must strike while the market is ripe for expansion.

98.   Tuesday, small-business owners spoke of financial ruin if the large, warehouse-type stores opened near them.

99.   Two L.L. Bean stores have opened in the last three years, with a third scheduled for this summer outside Philadelphia.

100.   Two new home improvement stores have opened, as have shops selling Western auto parts.