Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Soon, however, the bankers may have to start changing their ways. The reason is that they are being confronted by a competitor the likes of which they have never had before: Britain's General Post Office. Last week, with a flurry of speeches, the G.P.O. inaugurated a cheap and simple system of transferring funds without cash or checks...
...Humphrey's desperate problems, there are a few signs that Nixon's lead is not unassailable. Nixon him self is losing votes to Wallace. He is particularly concerned because the Alabamian has become his "major competitor" in such Southern "perimeter" states as Kentucky, Virginia and Florida. "I'm getting 95% of the Republican vote," says Nixon, "but I'm not getting enough of the Democratic vote. That's where Wallace is hurting." To avoid building up the Alabamian, Nixon last week rejected a three-way debate among the major candidates. "I still think the best...
...virtuoso instrumental recital. There will be no portentous documentary script, no dizzying camera angles, no glamorized settings-just an unadorned closeup of a great performer at work. The performer: Vladimir Horowitz. Oddly enough, this is one time when Horowitz will have to forgo Bonanza; that's his NBC competitor Sunday night...
...been off by 23% during a year in which A.M.C.'s overall performance has shown modest improvement (233,000 cars so far, v. 207,000 in 1967). Much of the success has been due to the doughty American, which Chairman Roy M. Chapin decided to promote as a competitor to small foreign imports. So far, sales are slightly ahead of the 1967 pace -not bad for a car whose basic design is four years old. Next year, as a five-year-old, about all it will get is a change in name, from American to Rambler. It will thus...
...suburban stores, revamped sagging catalog sales, upgraded merchandise lines, established long-term contracts with suppliers. Following Sears by entering finance, Brooker picked up the Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago in 1966, later formed an insurance subsidiary. To help introduce Sears methods, he even hired scores of his competitor's executives, including Edward S. Donnell, Wards' president since...