MARKETPLACE ROUND-UP

     A new NikeTown will open Saturday in Los Angeles on Wilshire
Blvd.  The store will be Nike's flagship store in Southern
California (Nike)....GOP Vice Presidential candidate Jack Kemp's
'60 AFL rookie card is "fetching" $500, and rising in price
daily, according to the N.Y. POST.  The card originally sold in a
pack of five for $.05 (N.Y. POST, 8/16)....The NSGA recently
distributed dividends totaling $100,831 to Association members
who participated in NSGA's workers' compensation insurance
program last year.  Dividends were paid to 123 enrolled members,
meaning that the average pay-out was $820 (NSGA)....Women's
sports apparel maker Danskin is profiled in the N.Y. TIMES.
While sales are "soaring" at "athletic-wear giants" Nike and
Reebok, sales at Danskin have "slumped" 7% over three years to
$125M, and the company is "hobbled" by $40M in long-term debt
(N.Y. TIMES, 8/16).