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...made of natural fibers-cotton, linen, silk-and that they look natural: unstructured, unlined, unstarched, unpressed. Their aim is to look carefree not careless, modish not messy, though the distinction may at times be more in the eye of the wearer than the beholder. "This year," says a buyer at Chicago's I. Magnin, "wrinkled is rich...
...some of them take notes on the sheep wisdom being dispensed by experts. "If you comb the fecal matter out of your fleeces, they will bring higher prices," Bob Stewart, a professional wool buyer for Homestead Woolen Mills, explains to a small crowd, while everyone furiously scribbles down every word...
...yield more than 7% a year if the interest is compounded daily, a service that many banks are providing. To get that high interest from any other bank deposit, a saver would have to tie up his funds for up to four years instead of six months. Since the buyer of certificates gets his money back a half year later, he can turn around and reinvest it in an even higher-interest certificate if Treasury bill rates continue to rise...
Some companies still consider a refusal to transfer to be an act of disloyalty that can ruin a promising career. But most firms are becoming more understanding, and some are willing to make special arrangements. After Jo Anne Kaiser, 28, a former Bonwit Teller buyer, refused to leave her new home in Orlando, Fla., for a headquarters job in Miami, Burdine's, a big department-store chain, agreed to a setup by which she spends only two days a week in Miami and goes to New York on buying trips every six weeks. Says Celanese's Wall...
Government is also the largest single buyer of goods and services, says Weidenbaum, and it is about as cost conscious as a Saudi prince in Beverly Hills. Instead of buying from the lowest bidder or the best supplier, Government agencies and contractors are required to favor small businesses and suppliers in high-unemployment areas. That policy may or may not have social benefits, but it surely hypes inflation and discriminates against bigger companies...