Mktshare

YOUR WEEKLY MARKETSHARE SCORECARD: Are we beginning to see a pattern here? Throughout the dog days, the most consistently solid contenders in these frontline marketshare skirmishes have been defending champ Republic and upstart CMG, which like the Auburn Tigers last fall, has defied the oddsmakers to become a prime candidate for all the marbles this year. So, if Monte Lipman’s powerhouse is resurgent, does that make Steve Barnett’s squad surgent? How the hell should we know? We’ve been typing “market share” as one word for 28 years. (9/3a)