11.   Distributors say about one million copies of each are headed for the marketplace.

12.   Distributors say that at this late date it would be difficult to provide enough movies by Christmas.

13.   Electricity distributors say they also want to market gas, while Centrica Plc, a national gas distributor has said it wishes to move sideways into electricity.

14.   Five major health care product distributors said they were creating Web sites to preserve their place in the supply chain.

15.   For their part, the distributors say they carry Fuji products simply because they sell better.

16.   Ice distributors said they have been racing to keep up with the sooner-than-expected peak summer demand.

17.   Maytag distributor Svancara said the competition could even benefit independent operators.

18.   McKesson HBOC Inc. lost nearly half its value on Wall Street yesterday after the San Francisco drug distributor said it had overstated the revenues of its new software division.

19.   Nevertheless, distributors say that celebrity exercise videotapes are increasingly popular.

20.   National weapons distributors say they are having trouble filling orders because the public demand has been too much for manufacturers.