<ARTICLE> 5
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
                             
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<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                           FEB-1-1997
<PERIOD-START>                              FEB-4-1996
<PERIOD-END>                                MAY-4-1996
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<SECURITIES>                                         0
<RECEIVABLES>                                2,944,595
<ALLOWANCES>                                         0
<INVENTORY>                                  3,204,023
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                             6,592,448<F1>
<PP&E>                                       6,231,782
<DEPRECIATION>                                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                              14,150,735<F2>
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                        2,742,415
<BONDS>                                      5,768,933
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                0
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<COMMON>                                             0
<OTHER-SE>                                           0
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                14,150,735<F3>
<SALES>                                      3,300,665
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<CGS>                                                0
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<OTHER-EXPENSES>                             1,230,753
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<INCOME-PRETAX>                               (57,017)<F4>
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<FN>
<F1>Includes the following:
          Supplies and prepaid expenses       150,566
          Deferred income tax assets           97,791
<F2>Includes the following:
          Intangible assets - net             737,868
          Notes receivable                    210,758
          Other assets                        377,879
<F3>Includes the following:
          Deferred income taxes               731,200
          Other liabilities                   556,671
          Shareholders' Equity              4,351,516
<F4>Includes the following:
          Interest Income                      11,064
</FN>