<ARTICLE> 5
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
                             
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<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          FEB-03-1996
<PERIOD-START>                             JAN-29-1995
<PERIOD-END>                               APR-29-1995
<CASH>                                         150,242
<SECURITIES>                                         0
<RECEIVABLES>                                2,237,598
<ALLOWANCES>                                         0
<INVENTORY>                                  2,553,193
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                             5,288,113<F1>
<PP&E>                                       5,245,346
<DEPRECIATION>                                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                              12,365,431<F2>
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                        2,766,516
<BONDS>                                      4,526,191
<COMMON>                                             0
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                0
<PREFERRED>                                          0
<OTHER-SE>                                           0
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                12,365,431<F3>
<SALES>                                      2,988,006
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                                     0
<CGS>                                                0
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                1,823,921
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                             1,153,281
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                     0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                             109,501
<INCOME-PRETAX>                               (86,748)<F4>
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<INCOME-CONTINUING>                                  0
<DISCONTINUED>                                       0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                      0
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<NET-INCOME>                                  (56,999)
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<FN>
<F1>Includes the following:
    Supplies and prepaid expenses              114,191
    Deferred income tax assets                 232,889
<F2>Includes the following:
    Intangible assets - net                  1,037,861
    Notes receivable                           407,293
    Other assets                               386,818
<F3>Includes the following:
    Deferred income taxes                      989,228
    Other liabilities                          498,627
    Shareholders' equity                     3,584,869
<F4>Includes the following:
    Interest income                             11,949
</FN>