Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his capacity
as a director or officer, or both, of REX Stores Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Stuart A. Rose and
Edward M. Kress, or any one of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 covering shares of the Company's Common
Stock, $.01 par value per share, to be issued pursuant to the Company's 1999
Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, and to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and any
one of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument as of
this 19th day of April, 2000.

                                                        LAWRENCE TOMCHIN

                                                        Lawrence Tomchin





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his capacity
as a director or officer, or both, of REX Stores Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Stuart A. Rose and
Edward M. Kress, or any one of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 covering shares of the Company's Common
Stock, $.01 par value per share, to be issued pursuant to the Company's 1999
Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, and to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and any
one of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument as of
this 19th day of April, 2000.

                                                        ROBERT DAVIDOFF

                                                        Robert Davidoff





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in his capacity
as a director or officer, or both, of REX Stores Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Stuart A. Rose and
Edward M. Kress, or any one of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 covering shares of the Company's Common
Stock, $.01 par value per share, to be issued pursuant to the Company's 1999
Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, and to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and any
one of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument as of
this 19th day of April, 2000.

                                                        LEE FISHER

                                                        Lee Fisher