GlobeSt.com: What kinds of sites do you like bestfor new-store openings?

Gravel: We definitely like in-bound traffic, thereneeds to be a decent amount of parking and we try not to positionourselves too close to any of our customers. Sometimes its hard notto do that depending on the situation. We have a certain amount ofstores we'd like to see open in each town we're in, and we have tobe somewhat competitive in getting those spots when they open up.But there isn't a big plan of where stores are going to go; it'smore of an opportunistic deal.

GlobeSt.com: So you don't have investors pushingyou for growth?

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