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COPYRIGHT 2001 Daily News
Byline: Nancy Dillon
May 22--Though it cooked up a major cost-cutting plan in February, housewares retailer Lechters is still very low on dough -- pushing it to file yesterday for bankruptcy protection.
Execs at the 325-store company -- which already has shuttered 166 under-performing outlets, including 3 in the city -- said it chose bankruptcy to gain breathing room on two fronts:...
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