DATE: Wednesday, June 4, 1997               TAG: 9706030059

SECTION: DAILY BREAK             PAGE: E3   EDITION: FINAL 

SOURCE: From staff and wire reports 

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NEWS AND NOTES

6 new stores open

at Lynnhaven Mall

Lynnhaven Mall, going through renovations, announces the opening of six new stores: Gadzooks, The Entertainers, Shifty's, Lids, Sunshine Gifts and Directions III. Four additional stores, B. Moss, Men's Wearhouse, Back Bay Shoe Company and WHRO Store of Knowledge, will be ready to open their doors soon.

Table lamps sold

at Kmart are recalled

More than 41,000 table lamps sold at Kmart stores have been recalled because they can short-circuit and catch on fire.

Kmart has received 12 reports of the lamps short-circuiting, with five of those incidents resulting in fire and minor damage. No injuries have been reported.

The 15 1/2-inch-high bronze metal lamps have two frosted white shades shaped like lily flowers and a base shaped like a lily pad. The lamps sold for about $20 at Kmart stores nationwide from November 1996 through April 1997.

Consumers should return the lamps to any Kmart for a complete refund.

For more information, call 1-800-635-6278, ext. 6.

FTC bans company

from mail-order sales

Discount wallpaper and blinds? Delivery in two-three days? Illinois-based Worldwide Wallcoverings and Blinds Inc., which made those promises in national magazine advertising, seldom delivered the goods. For two years, the company pocketed the order money without shipping merchandise. More than 1,500 consumers lost an average of $250.

The Federal Trade Commission has banned the company's owner from mail-order sales and leveled financial penalties in settling charges against the company. To receive the brochure Shopping by Phone or Mail, call the FTC's Public Reference Branch at 202-326-2222 or visit the FTC's Web site, http://www.ftc.gov.

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