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Ames to Open 2 New Stores.


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:AMES) today announced that it will open stores in Warminster, PA and Wilmington, DE. Both stores will open in July 2000.

The Warminster, PA store is located at Center Point Place at the intersection of Old York Road York Road can refer to: Roads
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 and Street Road. The Wilmington, DE store is located at Miller Road Commons. Both stores are former Caldor locations.

Joseph R. Ettore, Ames' Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are delighted to announce our plans to open stores in these locations. We look forward to serving even more customers in this area with a friendly, easy-to-shop atmosphere and `Bargains By The Bagful' for the entire family. These stores are part of Ames' expansion into the greater Philadelphia area where we are opening four stores on March 23."

With 454 stores located in 19 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , Ames is the nation's largest regional, full-line discount retailer with annual sales of $4 billion. Ames offers a broad range of merchandise categories including family apparel, housewares house·wares  
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Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen.
, domestics, electronics, ready-to-assemble and patio furniture, jewelry, craft and pet supplies, health and beauty care items, stationery, sporting goods, toys, seasonal products and more.

For fax copies of Ames' most recent news releases, dial

1-800-925-7792. To find the location of the Ames store

nearest you, dial 1-800-SHOP-AMES.

http://www.AmesStores.com

http://espanol.AmesStores.com (in Spanish)
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