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Dates: during 1940-1949
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¶ T.W.A., which squawked angrily at Pan Am's invasion of its Rome route, also offered Holy Year all-expense tours at special low rates through March. Sample: 15-day trips with stops at Rome, Paris and three other cities. Price, including hotels, meals, guides, etc.: $646.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: First-Class Bargains | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Starting next week, T.W.A. and American Airlines will make daily coach trips with DC-45 between New York and Los Angeles at a one-way fare of $126.50 (including tax), v. a regular first-class fare of $181.53 (railroad coach fare: $82.15).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: First-Class Bargains | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Even though the grocery business stands near its alltime high, sales-sharp Nathan Cummings, chairman of the giant Consolidated Grocers Corp., thought there was something wrong. He felt that neither he nor the grocers were selling enough food. To find out how to boost sales, the boss of the largest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SELLING: Meet the Boss | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

This week Cummings was back in Chicago to tell his board of directors what he had learned. As a starter, Cummings would redesign most of the stores in the country by throwing out the counter. Says he: "It just keeps customers away from what they want to buy." Goods should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SELLING: Meet the Boss | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

As for salesmen, Cummings thinks too many of them wander aimlessly in & out of stores, just making calls and taking orders. Cummings thought that salesmen should work harder to expand a grocer's business, and cited an example to show that it could be done. In a Jack Sprat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SELLING: Meet the Boss | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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