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Ross L. Pusatere, vice president for marketing of Gibbs Oil, a New England distributor, said yesterday his company has been selling gasohol for about three cents more per gallon than unleaded as "a get-acquainted offer" in 11 stations. "So far the response has been very favorable," he added...
...drink of the hour, dampening demands for the vodka-and-tonic and the glass of white wine. In 1976, $7.5 million worth of bottled mineral water was bought; this year's sales may rise as high as $250 million. Says Dwight Chattaway, a Chicago bottled-water distributor: "Mineral water is a Zeitgeist...
...then emerge from the colonel's hideout? Or should Willard kill Kurtz, sail down the river and then order the site bombed into the Stone Age, or at least until the credits roll? Each finish was filmed, and each had its supporters, with the movie's distributor, United Artists, rather partial to the more pulverizing-and just possibly more profitable-version. The director, however, began to favor a calmer conclusion and will close his film without the fireworks. At least for now. "Francis just loves to fiddle," explains one of his aides. "It's in his makeup...
...names the priority customers, like farmers, but makes no attempt to change the list quickly or to check that the customers really need what they ask for. Farmers, long after spring planting has been completed, can simply say that they need so many gallons, and the local distributor must supply that amount. The result is oversupply and hoarding in agricultural areas...
...items are sold by "distributors," who are in effect door-to-door salespeople and earn a 30% profit on volume. Usually people with other jobs, they join Amway for extra income. They buy their wares from higher-level "direct distributors," who also sell door to door. Regular distributors are urged to become direct distributors themselves, and they do so by recruiting, training and supervising new salespeople. Though the direct distributor is not paid for signing up these recruits, he does make additional money by selling Amway products at a slight mark up to the distributors under him. To keep sales...