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So far, though, so good. Sigoloffs goal was to pay off the company's $1.6 billion debt by the third anniversary of the bankruptcy filing, or April 1985. He may beat that deadline handily. Wickes directors last month announced that an agreement to pay back creditors had been reached; the company is expected to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of the year. Said Sigoloff, now riding annual sales of $3 billion from a leaner Wickes, which focuses mainly on the home-improvement market: "Considering the size of the case and the complexity, it's probably a world's record." —By John S. DeMott. Reported by Allen Pusey/Dallas and Adam Zagorin/New York, with other bureaus