Photo by Bill Hays, Times-Union-
Fred Mershad, chairman and chief executive officer of Elder-Beerman Stores Corp., talks to a crowd of shoppers assembled outside his company's newest store in Marketplace of Warsaw this morning. Mershad, of Dayton, Ohio, was on hand to take part in a grand opening ceremony. The store marks the dawning of several new concepts for the nation's eighth largest retailer, including enhanced customer service and more efficient merchandising. Photo by Bill Hays, Times-Union
