Article: Fred Meyer's got a lot going for it. (Commentary).(Brief Article)

For 75-year-old Fred Meyer Inc. these are the halcyon days.

Everything the Portland, Ore.-based supermarket/general merchandise retailer--actually, the company can more precisely be defined as a unique one-stop-shopping concept chain--tries these days appears to be working. As a result, one of the nation's very few and very best practitioners of true one-stop shopping has emerged as arguably the most exciting and successful retailer in the Western United States. (The company is also America's fourth-largest fine jewelry chain, with 154 jewelry stores in 18 states.)

Specifically, Fred Meyer is the right retailer with the right concept in the right place ...

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