Word: automen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mustiest and least efficient in the industry; its sales organization was without drive or direction; its executives were aging and set in their ways. The company made money, but largely because of defense production and the happy fact that 1952 was still a seller's market for automen...
Many years back, for example, when Manhattan's Carl Byoir took over the Libbey-Owens-Ford plate-glass account, he got architects to plug for more glass in houses, had a book written on glass, encouraged automen to stress the safety features of more visibility (and more glass). By increasing the overall use of glass, Byoir helped boost sales of his client...
...Rambler Deluxe is only $100 more, and Ford and Chevrolet come within $200 of it, f.o.b. Detroit, on their cheapest models. But Mason thinks hard selling can put the car over. Says he: "Our refrigerator boys are selling, and they had a tough time. If they can sell, the automen...
...Studebaker planned to drop 3,000 workers; Hudson laid off 4,500 men and shut down completely for seven days. The big surprise was Chrysler, which laid off 7,650 men and cut back to one shift at its main Plymouth assembly plant. Though Chrysler gave no explanation, other automen said that Chrysler's 1954 models were not selling as well as expected. But Ford and General Motors still roared ahead, and total auto production jumped 66% from the previous week. Railroad traffic was still dropping and steel production was rising more slowly than expected after the holiday lull...
...Europe's postwar auto market, small cars have walked off with the honors and most of the sales. Last week at the 38th International Motor Show in London's cavernous Earls Court, British automen put in their biggest bid for the booming '"baby" market. On display, along with such sporty models as the low-slung Singer SMX, went the new Standard Eight ($956) and a larger, more powerful version of the Ford Anglia ($1,008). Feature of the show: the two cheapest production cars in the world. One was the Austin A30, a two-door, four-cylinder...