Word: distributor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Beaumont family, which has owned the vineyard since 1670, is wrapping up the final details of a deal that would give co-ownership of Chateau Latour and its annual output of precious claret to Britain's Harvey's of Bristol Ltd. And as a world-girdling distributor of wine and spirits, Harvey's has no intention of sharing its cup with the middlemen of Bordeaux...
With the onset of cooler weather and a new season, television sets reach their biggest sales; the last four months of the year account for 42% of U.S. yearly sales of TV sets by distributor to retailer...
Deep & Lingering. Nearly all the educational stations now operating in the U.S. are affiliates of the Manhattan-based National Educational Television and Radio Center. The center produces shows and acts as a distributor for all the better work that is done in the field. During this past season, in fact, N.E.T. sent out some of the best programs that were seen on television of any kind...
When he approached Bell & Howell one day in 1951 to suggest that the Chicago firm should serve as his U.S. distributor, President Takeshi Mitarai of Tokyo's Canon Camera Co., Inc. got a disappointing hearing. Bell & Howell President Charles H. Percy freely admitted that the 35-mm. Canon which Mitarai had brought with him was a fine piece of craftsmanship. But although Japanese products had already begun to earn a better reputation abroad. Bell & Howell wasn't interested. Explained Percy bluntly: "'Made in Japan' means cheap, shoddy goods here...
Last January, Bell & Howell, at its own request, became Canon's Canadian and U.S. distributor. In the decade that it took to complete this change of heart, Canon has become one of the world's top camera manufacturers in both quantity and quality. Its sales totaled $19.8 million last year. This year the company expects a 36% gain in sales to $27 million. Half its production will be exported to 90 countries. Wall Streeters might well envy its growth: a $1 investment in Canon in 1949 is now worth...