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                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                                      FORM 15


Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration under Section 12(g) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Suspension of Duty to File Reports Under
Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


                        Commission File Number 1-8765


                            BROADWAY STORES, INC.
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           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                            7 West Seventh Street
                           Cincinnati, Ohio  45202
                               (513) 579-7000
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        (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
           area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
                                      
                                      
             Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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          (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)


                                  Warrants
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        (Title of all other classes of securities for which a duty to
             file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)


         Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)      [X]       Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)      [ ]
                                                                   
          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)     [ ]       Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)     [ ]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)      [ ]       Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)      [ ]
                                                                   
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)     [ ]       Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)     [ ]
                                                                   
                                             Rule 15d-6               [ ]


   Number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: Zero


                                  SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Broadway Stores, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.


Date:  April 18, 1996                          BROADWAY STORES, INC.


                                               By: /s/ Dennis J. Broderick    
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                                                   Dennis J. Broderick,
                                                   Vice President