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...planned to be ready soon to produce all of its cars. Pontiac was scheduled to start rolling off the lines in a week. Buick a week later, and Chevrolet and Oldsmobile in two weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The First Target | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

...Buick's Harlow H. Curtice, 52, who helped push Buick up to the top spot of G.M.'s middle-priced autos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The First Target | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

...drove through impoverished sections of Basutoland, Eslanda distributed silver pieces to "incredulous" natives, "could have cried" when they accepted the money "with great dignity." But "porky, pie-faced Boers with . . . small eyes" glared when she rolled by in her "handsome Buick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Our Old Home | 8/13/1945 | See Source »

Nate Cummings plans his new Consolidated Grocers Corp. to be the General Motors of the grocery business, i.e., like Buick and Chevrolet, Reid, Murdoch would compete with Sprague, Warner for sales. Consolidated's various divisions include canners. manufacturers, importers, exporters and distributors of foods-its different branches maintaining their sales autonomy. And with his new consolidation, about twice the size of any comparable wholesale grocery firm five years ago, he plans to buck the chain stores still further by giving his customers merchandising and sales help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MERCHANDISING: Enlarged Duchy | 6/11/1945 | See Source »

...expanded his interests. Nightclub operators discovered that it was efficient to do business with Dr. Stein. When they signed an M.C.A. band, they found that in the same package they could get floor shows, liquor, table favors. Band leaders also learned that Stein owned the Rolls-Royce and Buick agencies in Chicago and could supply costly cars-or real estate, insurance, bonds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Octopus | 4/23/1945 | See Source »

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