European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 \ the stars and stripes monday december 10,1990 Wal Mart surpasses k Mart no. 1 Little Rock Ark. A of Wal Mart stores inc., its one Down and one to go. The retailer based in Bentonville Ark slipped past k Mart in november to become americans Kcf. 2 retailer according to sales figures released this past week. Now Industry analysts say that Early next year Wal Mart will overtake Sears Roebuck and co. As the nation s top re Tailer. Even Sears is conceding defeat. A in terms of Dollar signs they will surpass us. There a no doubt about it a Gordon Jones a scars spokesman said last week. The figures showed Chicago based Sears with $27.48 billion in sales for the first 10 months of 1990. Wal Mart sales for the same period were $25.46 billion. But Wal Mart s growth rate was 25 percent while ears grew at just 2.1 percent. K marts sales for. The first 10 months of the year totalled $25.2 billion. Analysts say Wal marts Strong growth rate will allow the discount retailer to bump Sears for the no 1 spot. Wal Mart probably will fall $500 . Temperatures Hilo Hilo 68 39 Dayton a 46 v Akron Canton a 42 25 Daytona Beach 66 41, Abany,n.y.,c 48 34 Denver. 64 28 Albuquerque. 54 24 Dea Moines a. 47 30 Allentown of 49 34 Der Otto 45 25 Amarillo 69 24 Duluth a 45 31 Anchorage a 25 17 Elpaso 59 25 Asheville 47 29 Flint a 42 27 atlanta52 35 a fort Smith Quot a 62 30 Atlantic City a 47 28 44 26 austm.1 a 87 36 Fresno a Quot 67 32 Baltimore a 52 33 61 27 Baton Rouge 69 30 grand Junction 42 14 Billings a 57 42 grand rapids of 44 30�?T Birmingham 54 26 great fans to 58 43 Bismarck o. 50 30 Green . 37 27 . A. A 48 24 Greensboro,n.c.,i 61 27 i Boston a 45 �34 Harrisburg a 49 35 Bridgeport a 47. 32 a Hartford cd. 44 25 a Brownsville 68 38 a 49 22 39 30 Honolulu a 81 70 Charleston s.c.,. 51 41 a Houston. 62 32 Charlotten it 54 a 31 huntsvllie.ali., a 52 28 Chattanooga 55 26 Indianapolis 47 26 Cheyenne. 54 33 Jackson,miss.,1 58 27 Chicago t. 47 30 62 30 48 23 Juneau a. 36 34 Cleveland a 44 25 Kansas City. 59 32 Colorado 69 30 51 26 ,sc.,f 56 32. Lake 59 34 Columbus,ga.,1 56 38 42 28 46 23 Las vegas 62 34 Concord,n.h.,c 40 19 Lexington 49 26 Corpus Chrystl 66 38 Lincoln 61 27 , 65 35 Lime Rock a 60 39 far Side conversion rates London up a. Fridays closing rates for inc . Dollar to other currencies. Figures arc expressed in dollars to the British Pound other local currencies in dollars Gold was quoted at $371.00 Art Turne Silver at $4.15. Dec. 6 dec. ? British pound.1.9390 1.9510 German mark.1.4675 1.4830 French franc .5 0540 5.0375 dutch Guilder .1.6903 1.6737 belgian franc. 30.88 30.61 italian lira .1,125 50 1,119 00, Swiss franc. 1.2705 1.2640 greek drachma. .154.90 153.77 turkish Era .2.b38 60 2,026.30 saudi arabian rial 3.7501 3.7501 Spanish peseta. 95.75 94.73 portuguese escudo 132,24 1 30.9b Canadian Dollar. 1.1622 1.1620 austrian Schilling. 10.544 10.435 norwegian Krone .5.0680 5.0325 danish krone5.7650 5.7250 these Are unofficial rates As reported by wire service and banking sources and they Are listed to give some idea of daily currency fluctuations. The Only official rate concerns the Sale of German Marks to . Personnel for personal use and this will be 1.45 monday based on fridays noontime Price fixing. December 8 european weather forecast far monday skirt i be mostly Cloudy to Cloudy throughout Germany and the Benelux. Snow and a Nowah were i mow into Southern Germany extending northward throughout the Day isolated freezing Predik Tion will occur in Southern Germany until . High temperatures 30-36, tows 23-28, Sunset monday 4 23, a Uriss tuesday b13. Outlook Tor tuesday continued mostly Cloudy Kwh Light Snow and Patchy Early morning tog throughout the area Snow again will be Mcahy heavy at higher elevations in Southern Germany. Highs 32-37, tows2530._. A. Temperatures recorded sunday. 4am4pm. Adana i 48 64 Copenhagen i Amsterdam p 34 34 Frankfurt p. Athens f 48 57 London Valano a a a a a a a. 39 46 Madrid p Berlin c 23 28 Munich c Bremerhaven c 28 34 Paris c Brussels p l. 32 33 Rome a provided by Del 13,2nd weather Wing Graben Trarbach. Other worldwide million $1 billion Short of Sears by Jan 3.1, the close of Wal marts fiscal year said Stacy Dutton an analyst with Morgan Stanley and co. In new York. A but then next year its All Wal Mart a Dutton predicted. V it Sears will have about $32.5 billion in revenues from Domestic and foreign merchandising and credit for this current fiscal year she said. Wal Mart will total from $3l5 billion to $32 billion this fiscal year she said. A it will be real close but clearly next year Wal Mart will surpass Sears especially with the acquisitions they be made a said Craig Weichmann an analyst with Morgan Keegan and co. In Memphis. Last month Wal Mart announced planned to buy the wholesale club inc in october it said it would acquire Mclane co. Inc., the country a sixth largest grocery distributor. Wal Mart officially passed k Mart As the no. 2 retailer in the country in november with $25.46 billion in sales for 10 months compared with k marts $25.2 billion. 4am 4pm 38 39 .28 34 36 21 30 54 36 39 41 28 33 65 High Low a. A High Low 79 50 Manila c 91 72 a Montreal c 37 25 a Moscow c 30 23 28 Oslo c 30 28 48 Toronto c 37 28 43 Vancouver c a 46 32 a supplied by tha associated press. 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