GART SHUFFLES STORES; SPORTS TREND LISTS TOP RETAILERS

          Gart Sports has closed two Denver metro stores and is
     looking to expand in WA, where it has opened two new stores,
     according to Penny Parker of the DENVER POST.  Gart will
     also open a new store in Albuquerque, NM, bringing the total
     store count to 130 by year's end.  In related news, Sports
     Trend magazine listed its top 10 sports retailers in the
     U.S. based on revenues: 1) Wal Mart; 2) Foot Locker; 3)
     Kmart; 4) The Sports Authority; 5) JCPenney; 6) L.L. Bean;
     7) Sears, Roebuck & Co; 8) Champs Sports & Going to the
     Game; 9) Gart Sports; 10) Target Stores (DENVER POST, 5/14).