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379:. 8 November 1978. Archived from
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27:Discount department store chain
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912:Westinghouse Electric Company
504:Arlen, Jeffrey (1994-09-05).
298:Fisher's Big Wheel filed for
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229:New Castle, Pennsylvania
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278:Ames Department Stores
260:Hills Department Store
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561:Pittsburgh metro area
300:Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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459:. July 1993
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133:Connecticut
128:Area served
1070:Categories
780:Kennametal
735:Eat'n Park
715:Compunetix
557:Pittsburgh
515:2007-08-11
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314:References
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981:Clark Bar
976:BodyMedia
805:Niche.com
695:Black Box
634:84 Lumber
201:Big Wheel
190:Buy Smart
186:Divisions
1041:Telerama
1031:Rockwell
1016:Gulf Oil
964:Historic
907:Vivisimo
861:ModCloth
790:MARC USA
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760:Guru.com
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203:, was a
177:Products
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1026:Ketchum
897:Lanxess
785:Koppers
675:Arconic
570:Fortune
387:27 July
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