<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains  summary  financial  information from the Company's
Consolidated  Financial  Statements  filed on Form  10-K for the  periods  ended
December 31, 1999,  December 31, 1998 and December 31, 1997, and is qualified in
its entirety by reference  to such  financial  statements.  The  Financial  Data
Schedules  for 1998 and 1997 are  restated  to give  effect to the  merger  with
Tehan's Merchandising, Inc., which was accounted for as a pooling of interests.
</LEGEND>
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