Retailer Best Buy analyzed what products customers buy together -- CD buyers tend to load up on film, for example -- to help redesign its store layout.

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However, the store has room to outperform even more in 2012 if it gains market share in value-oriented shoppers or small-businesses that may front-load their inventories with cheaper holiday discounts at the store.

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In 1996 Donald took over floundering Pathmark, a privately held, moneylosing 143-store chain with good real estate and a crushing debt load.

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