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<LEGEND>
This Schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements of CML Group, Inc. for the three 
months ended November 1, 1997 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to 
such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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