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Students wishing to join must pay the club a sum which about covers the cost of checking his and his parents' credit rating with Dun and Bradstreet. This precaution is for the benefit of participating merchants, since the club directors themselves feel that "any kid going to Harvard is all right," treasurer David T. Schwartz '59 said...
...advertising for the products. The sagging appliance market has tightened that credit source just when shoestring discounters need it most. For small operators, vainly trying to wrap packages, and make deliveries and give credit to today's tougher customer, the added cost often spells ruin. Says Dun & Bradstreet: "You can't sell at 5% above cost and give the services people want." For those who can expand, the potential market was never bigger. Says Sol Polk, Chicago's top discount merchandiser: "The greatest sport in the next five years will be stretching the American dollar. The American...
...spate of good earnings reports so far in 1957 has made U.S. businessmen optimistic about the rest of the year. In a survey of 1,432 executives released last week by Dun & Bradstreet, more than 90% foresaw fourth-quarter sales either matching or exceeding last year's, and 89% predicted that net profits in the fourth quarter will also equal or top 1956's last quarter...
Wall Street's optimistic mood was reflected in a survey taken by Dun & Bradstreet of the presidents* of 110 top U.S. corporations with total assets of $27 billion. Not one of the presidents saw a recession coming in 1957. To the contrary, three out of four were confident that no major depression or recession will occur within the next ten years, and all but five of the rest ruled out the possibility of recession until 1960 or later. As for their individual prospects, the presidents predicted sales increases in the next ten years ranging from...
CANDY-STORE sales are souring under increasing competition from chains, supermarkets, drugstores. Dun & Bradstreet survey shows average candy shopkeeper draws yearly salary of $3,551, has net profit of $102 on sales of $25,550. Almost half of owners are running "unprofitable operations...