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                                                           Registration No. 333-

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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             REX Stores Corporation
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

<TABLE>
<S>                                                             <C>
            Delaware                                            31-1095548
(State or other jurisdiction of                    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

         2875 Needmore Road
             Dayton, Ohio                                       45414
(Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)
</TABLE>

                             REX Stores Corporation
                        1999 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                   Stuart Rose
                                    Chairman
                             REX Stores Corporation
                               2875 Needmore Road
                               Dayton, Ohio 45414
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (937) 276-3931
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                           Proposed           Proposed
Title of securities    Amount to be    maximum offering    maximum aggregate       Amount of
 to be registered       registered     price per share      offering price     registration fee

<C>                  <C>                  <C>               <C>                     <C>
Common Stock,
$.01 par value.....  199,000 shares       $11.50            $ 2,288,500             $   604
Common Stock,
$.01 par value.....   13,221 shares       $22.6875          $   299,951             $    79
Common Stock,
$.01 par value.....  203,000 shares       $22.8125          $ 4,630,938             $ 1,223
Common Stock,
$.01 par value...  1,584,779 shares       $24.1563(1)       $38,282,397(1)          $10,107(1)
   Total.........  2,000,000 shares                         $45,501,786             $12,013
</TABLE>

(1)  Estimated  solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee
     pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933
     and calculated upon the basis of the average of the high and low prices
     reported on the New York Stock Exchange on April 17, 2000.

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<PAGE>




                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.  Plan Information.

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

         The information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with Rule
428 and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents filed by REX Stores Corporation (the "Company")
with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement:

         1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
            January 31, 2000.

         2. The description of the shares of common stock of the Company
            contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
            filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any amendment
            or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or
in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.


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<PAGE>

Item 4. Description of Securities.

        Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Legal matters in connection with the offering of the shares of common
stock pursuant to the Company's 1999 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan are being
passed upon for the Company by Chernesky, Heyman & Kress P.L.L., Dayton, Ohio.
Edward M. Kress, a partner of Chernesky, Heyman & Kress P.L.L., is Secretary and
a director of the Company. Mr. Kress owns 20,001 shares of REX common stock for
his own account, holds 19,083 shares as trustee for the benefit of others and
holds options to purchase 35,032 shares under the Company's stock option plans.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Article VII of the registrant's By-laws provides that it shall
indemnify its officers and directors to the extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of Delaware.

         Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended,
provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the
person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
person's conduct was unlawful. Section 145 further provides that a corporation
similarly may indemnify any such person serving in any such capacity who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action
or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and
except that no



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<PAGE>

indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances
of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem
proper.

         Under Section 145, a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other legal
entity, against any liability asserted against or incurred by such person in any
such capacity whether or not the corporation would have the power to provide
indemnity under Section 145. The registrant maintains directors and officers
liability insurance coverage.

         Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a
corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a provision
eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the
liability of a director: (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to
the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (relating to
unlawful payment of dividends and unlawful stock purchase and redemption) or
(iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit. The registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides that, to the
fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, directors of
the registrant shall not be liable to the registrant or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

     See Exhibit Index on page 8.

Item 9. Undertakings.


                                       4



<PAGE>


         The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933.

                  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement.

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any material change to such information in the registration statement.

         Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

         The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of


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<PAGE>


1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or
section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference
in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.



                                       6




<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Dayton, State of Ohio, on April 19, 2000.

                                      REX Stores Corporation
                                      By /s/ Stuart Rose
                                         -----------------------------
                                        (Stuart Rose,
                                        Chairman of the Board)

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
          Signature                           Capacity                              Date
          ---------                           --------                              ----
<S>                              <C>                                           <C>
/s/ Stuart Rose                  Chairman of the Board and Chief  Executive     )
----------------------------        Officer (principal executive officer)       )
(Stuart Rose)                                                                   )
                                                                                )
/s/ Douglas Bruggeman            Vice President--Finance and Treasurer          )
----------------------------        (principal financial and accounting         )
(Douglas Bruggeman)                 officer)                                    )
                                                                                )
Lawrence Tomchin*                President, Chief Operating Officer             )
----------------------------        and Director                                ) April 19, 2000
(Lawrence Tomchin)                                                              )
                                                                                )
/s/ Edward Kress                 Secretary and Director                         )
----------------------------                                                    )
(Edward Kress)                                                                  )
                                                                                )
Robert Davidoff *                Director                                       )
----------------------------                                                    )
(Robert Davidoff)                                                               )
                                                                                )
Lee Fisher *                     Director                                       )
----------------------------                                                    )
(Lee Fisher)                                                                    )
</TABLE>


*By /s/ Stuart Rose
    ------------------------
   (Stuart Rose,
   Attorney-In-Fact)




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<PAGE>




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

 23      Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

 24      Powers of attorney of each person whose name is signed to this
         registration statement pursuant to a power of attorney




                                       8
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Registration No. 333-

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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             REX Stores Corporation
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware                                            31-1095548
(State or other jurisdiction of                    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

         2875 Needmore Road
             Dayton, Ohio                                       45414
(Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)
REX Stores Corporation
                        1999 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                   Stuart Rose
                                    Chairman
                             REX Stores Corporation
                               2875 Needmore Road
                               Dayton, Ohio 45414
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (937) 276-3931
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed           Proposed
Title of securities    Amount to be    maximum offering    maximum aggregate       Amount of
 to be registered       registered     price per share      offering price     registration fee
Common Stock,
$.01 par value.....  199,000 shares       $11.50            $ 2,288,500             $   604
Common Stock,
$.01 par value.....   13,221 shares       $22.6875          $   299,951             $    79
Common Stock,
$.01 par value.....  203,000 shares       $22.8125          $ 4,630,938             $ 1,223
Common Stock,
$.01 par value...  1,584,779 shares       $24.1563(1)       $38,282,397(1)          $10,107(1)
   Total.........  2,000,000 shares                         $45,501,786             $12,013
(1)  Estimated  solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee
     pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933
     and calculated upon the basis of the average of the high and low prices
     reported on the New York Stock Exchange on April 17, 2000.

================================================================================
PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.  Plan Information.

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

         The information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with Rule
428 and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents filed by REX Stores Corporation (the "Company")
with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement:

         1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
            January 31, 2000.

         2. The description of the shares of common stock of the Company
            contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
            filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any amendment
            or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or
in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

                                       2
Item 4. Description of Securities.

        Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Legal matters in connection with the offering of the shares of common
stock pursuant to the Company's 1999 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan are being
passed upon for the Company by Chernesky, Heyman & Kress P.L.L., Dayton, Ohio.
Edward M. Kress, a partner of Chernesky, Heyman & Kress P.L.L., is Secretary and
a director of the Company. Mr. Kress owns 20,001 shares of REX common stock for
his own account, holds 19,083 shares as trustee for the benefit of others and
holds options to purchase 35,032 shares under the Company's stock option plans.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Article VII of the registrant's By-laws provides that it shall
indemnify its officers and directors to the extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of Delaware.

         Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended,
provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the
person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
person's conduct was unlawful. Section 145 further provides that a corporation
similarly may indemnify any such person serving in any such capacity who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action
or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and
except that no

                                      3
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances
of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem
proper.

         Under Section 145, a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other legal
entity, against any liability asserted against or incurred by such person in any
such capacity whether or not the corporation would have the power to provide
indemnity under Section 145. The registrant maintains directors and officers
liability insurance coverage.

         Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a
corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a provision
eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the
liability of a director: (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to
the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (relating to
unlawful payment of dividends and unlawful stock purchase and redemption) or
(iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit. The registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides that, to the
fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, directors of
the registrant shall not be liable to the registrant or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

     See Exhibit Index on page 8.

Item 9. Undertakings.

                                       4
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933.

                  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement.

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any material change to such information in the registration statement.

         Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

         The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of

                                       5
1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or
section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference
in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.

                                       6
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Dayton, State of Ohio, on April 19, 2000.

                                      REX Stores Corporation
                                      By /s/ Stuart Rose
                                         -----------------------------
                                        (Stuart Rose,
                                        Chairman of the Board)

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature                           Capacity                              Date
          ---------                           --------                              ----
/s/ Stuart Rose                  Chairman of the Board and Chief  Executive     )
----------------------------        Officer (principal executive officer)       )
(Stuart Rose)                                                                   )
                                                                                )
/s/ Douglas Bruggeman            Vice President--Finance and Treasurer          )
----------------------------        (principal financial and accounting         )
(Douglas Bruggeman)                 officer)                                    )
                                                                                )
Lawrence Tomchin*                President, Chief Operating Officer             )
----------------------------        and Director                                ) April 19, 2000
(Lawrence Tomchin)                                                              )
                                                                                )
/s/ Edward Kress                 Secretary and Director                         )
----------------------------                                                    )
(Edward Kress)                                                                  )
                                                                                )
Robert Davidoff *                Director                                       )
----------------------------                                                    )
(Robert Davidoff)                                                               )
                                                                                )
Lee Fisher *                     Director                                       )
----------------------------                                                    )
(Lee Fisher)                                                                    )
*By /s/ Stuart Rose
    ------------------------
   (Stuart Rose,
   Attorney-In-Fact)

                                       7
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

 23      Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

 24      Powers of attorney of each person whose name is signed to this
         registration statement pursuant to a power of attorney

                                       8