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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...
...measure of a successful banking house is the success of the issues it has backed. Many are the winners that Goldman Sachs has sponsored. It brought out a Lambert Pharmacal issue at 41¾, Woolworth at 55, May Dept. Stores at 50, Continental Can at 52½, S. H. Kress at 60, Sears Roebuck at 50, United Biscuit at 28. Special pride is taken in National Dairy Products, issued three years ago at 33. The stock has paid a 33⅓-stock dividend, followed by a 100% stock dividend, is now selling at 78. One of the original $33 shares...
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