[ noun ] an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up <noun.artifact>
Mart \Mart\ (m[aum]rt), n. [Contr. fr. market.] 1. A market.
Where has commerce such a mart . . . as London? --Cowper.
2. A bargain. [Obs.] --Shak.
Mart \Mart\, v. t. To buy or sell in, or as in, a mart. [Obs.]
To sell and mart your officer for gold To undeservers. --Shak.
Mart \Mart\, v. t. To traffic. [Obs.] --Shak.
Mart \Mart\, n. [See {Mars}.] 1. The god Mars. [Obs.]
2. Battle; contest. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
They include such industrial stalwarts as Westinghouse, such retail giants as K mart and J.C. Penney, Tandy Corp., and toy companies such as Mattel.
RECENT PROJECTS: Inforum, a $155 million technology mart opened in Atlanta in 1989.
K mart Corp. said it completed its sale of Furr's Cafeterias and Bishop Buffets to closely held Cavalcade Holdings Inc., based in Lubbock, Texas, for $237.5 million.
K mart canceled the four-year contract in April 1986, shortly after Fashion House filed suit against it for unpaid commissions.
More than 6 million prizes will be offered, including 12 grand prizes that include mini-vans and family vacations to Hollywood. Most of the prizes can be redeemed at the 2,200 K mart stores nationwide.
K mart apparently isn't concerned about possible negative consequences if new CBS shows lag in ratings.
Atlanta developer John Portman and a unit of a New York insurance company said they plan to build a $150 million technology mart here to be called Inforum and to open by 1989.
K mart Chairman Joseph Antonini said in a statement that the store enlargements and relocations should be completed by 1993, and other refurbishments will be done by 1994.
Still others supply vital goods to such giants as K mart, Ford Motor and J.C. Penney.
K mart shares closed yesterday at $61.50, off 25 cents, and Woolworth at $46.50, off 75 cents, both in New York Stock Exchange composite trading.
K mart Corp. and Service Merchandise Co. have slowly shrunk the size of their toy departments, at least in part because Toys "R" Us has taken away business.
K mart Corp. said Monday it would take a charge of $640 million against 1989 earnings to cover the costs of a $2.3-billion program to modernize the nation's second-largest retail chain.
K mart has more than 2,200 stores in 48 states and Puerto Rico. It plans to open 70 more this year.
A federal jury found discount retailer K mart Corp. breached its contract with a wholesaler clothing buyer and must pay $73 million in damages.
Muhammad Ali returned to Troy, Mich., yesterday for the second round of his fight with K mart Corp.
The conversion is part of the long-delayed plan by the city and state to clean up the crime-ridden block with office towers, arts facilities and a merchandise mart.
Loren, president of the retail consulting firm Loren-Synder Marketing Inc., said K mart helped initiate the TV special because last year it had secured the film rights to the "Christmas in America" book.
That strategy, she said, has led K mart to "focus on the most profitable part of their business, which would be their K mart stores and their specialty business."
That strategy, she said, has led K mart to "focus on the most profitable part of their business, which would be their K mart stores and their specialty business."
Three D, an operator of specialty stores and leased departments, had operated bed and bath merchandise departments in 30 of K mart's Designer Depot stores under a license agreement.
"The strength in apparel sales was particularly encouraging," said K mart Chairman Joseph Antonini.
For the year-earlier fourth quarter, K mart posted net income of $10.5 million or nine cents a share, after a $237.8 million charge against earnings reflecting costs associated with discontinuing two businesses.
A 5-year-old girl who lost her hand to a pipe bomb explosion at a K mart is being showered with hundreds of gifts, letters and calls.
K mart said that, under the agreement, it has the right to acquire additional equity in OfficeMax within "specified time frames," which it wouldn't disclose.
For instance, K mart is opening big food and general merchandise stores, called hypermarkets, and warehouse-type stores specializing in office products and sporting goods.
The decision that Valerie would appear, he said, was made after the initial ads aired and favorable mail started pouring into K mart headquarters.
The largest chain reporting Thursday was K mart Corp., which blamed the calendar shift for its so-so showing.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. and K mart Corp. each said same-store sales rose a meager 0.9%.
K mart is expected to show a small increase in profit.
His seven Dallas marts include Infomart, the nation's first technology mart, which opened in 1985.