61.   The company said it has begun construction on its first store and plans to open the outlet by March.

62.   The company will also attempt to open its first store in Manhattan and is negotiating to build a store on the New York Coliseum site at Columbus Circle.

63.   The Casket Outlet opened its first store in Oakland in November, and has since launched two others in San Francisco and San Jose.

64.   The first few stores have reopened and bicyclists line the streets.

65.   The first North American store, a franchise, will be on Madison Avenue.

66.   The first S.C.R.U.B.S. store in Texas opened Thursday at Grapevine Mills.

67.   The first stores to use the technology would be those in Washington, Fairfield, N.J., and Lynn, Mass., they said.

68.   The first Target store in the New York area is planned to open in March in Menlo Park, N.J., Thacker said.

69.   The first store opened in Guam this year and the company expects to open one in Las Vegas soon.

70.   The first store was expanded in Guam this year and the company expects to open one in Las Vegas soon.