Word: kress
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Illustrated Detective, Home, New Movie), published solely for sale in the F. W. Woolworth Co. chain stores-a strategic play for the concentrated women-shopper circulation (TIME. Aug. 19, 1929). Last fortnight saw the appearance of two similar magazines on the counters of S. S. Kresge and S. H. Kress chain stores-testimonials to the idea that a million women who never patronize a newsstand will buy 10? love-fiction, mystery, Hollywood chatter every month in a department store...
...Kresge Co 101,015,229 104,303,598 -3.1 *First National Stores (to Sept. 27) 82,374,588 71,699,833 + 14.8 *MacMarr Stores 64,960,880 63,475,497 + 2.3 *National Tea 63,442,049 66,465,052 -4.5 S. H. Kress 45,978,362 44,547,584 +3.2 W. T. Grant 45,493453 41,237,620 + 10.3 *Walgreen & Co 38,686,746 33,120,920 4 +16.8 *McCrory Stores Corp 29,219,677 29,760,117 -1.8 National Bellas Hess 25,475.694 36,648,025 -30.4 *Daniel Reeves...
...Kress. Most of the chain stores in the S. H. Kress system are leased. About 35% of them, consisting of 71 stores in 20 states, are leased from John Franklin Corp. In 1927 S. H. Kress & Co. and John Franklin Corp. discussed a merger. Last week John Franklin Corp. proposed to S. H. Kress & Co. terms by which they could acquire the Franklin properties through an exchange of stock. Since S. H. Kress heads both companies it seems likely the terms will be agreeable...