g, but also when it would complete and the two merge, I would own stock in the parent. My principle always was that a frequent self-performanceanalysis would be essential for obtaining a profitable corporation. This implied looking upon the profitability, sales, shareholder value, customer satisfaction, product quality, brand associations, relative cost, employee attitude and performance and portfolio analysis. Depending on the results of the analysis I was planning my new strategies and of course expanding my department stores to other cities. ...