ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Wednesday, January 29, 1997            TAG: 9701290090
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: B-6  EDITION: METRO 

SIGN OF CHANGING TIMES

LENGTH: Short :   21 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  CINDY PINKSTON STAFF. Tim Jones of Wesco Signs helps 
          disassemble the Leggett sign at Tanglewood Mall Tuesday so the new 
          Belk signs can go up today. Charlotte, N.C.-based Belk, which in 
          November bought the Leggett department store chain, has begun adding
          its name to 31 former Leggett stores in Virginia, West Virginia, 
          Maryland and North Carolina. This week it changed signs on its 
          Western Virginia stores. Shopping bags, in-store displays and price 
          tags will reflect the name change as well. Belk operates more than 
          200 stores in the Southeast. color.