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...inflation and recession has been squeezing profits hard at a number of big chains -among them Sears, J.C. Penney, Montgomery Ward and Kresge-U.S. retailers as a whole are not in as bad shape as Grant's troubles might suggest. Kendrick, 61, a former Grant's floorman who took over as chairman last September, believes that the chain's slide can be reversed before too long. He plans to cut back to a "hard core" of 900 stores by 1977, slash capital spending by 90% in 1975, and return to the low-cost soft goods that...
...Jayvees, who have now wen 10 of their last 11 games, including a triumph over highly rated Dean Academy, led from the start, and were ahead 24 to 14 at the end of the first half. Mike DeLeo, slick floorman, paced the team with 15 points, while forward Brewster Wolfe had 12. Coach Floyd Stahl used 12 players...
...like Bob James, Sam White, Lee Bird, Chet Legg, Adrienne Simpson have not been lost in the shuffie and may be heard from before long. Senior forward Charley Lutz, of course, takes a backseat to no one in the East as an all-around floorman and is an invaluable steadying influence on the young team...
...prom-ised to split any profits he might make on a mysterious sale. A month later Smythe received a check for $400. He lost no time in writing to the Treasurer of South Carolina, who informed him that that particular bond had been redeemable for $1,200. Then & there Floorman Smythe decided that such incidents should not be left to chance...
...York Stock Exchange, a busy floor man was asked by his office for a quotation on General Electric. "What the-!" he roared. "I can't be bothered for quotations at a time like this!" "But Berlin wants to know. They're holding the wire." Abashed, the floorman dove into the nearest drift of ticker-tape. "138½ and still going up!" he reported. Berlin bought 3,000 shares...