Word: lees
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wanted as sources of information. These people were an elite group, an outstanding group, which, it was believed, would rise to positions-as indeed some of them did-in the Government, and their position . . . would be of very much more service to the Communist Party." Alger Hiss and Lee Pressman, said Chambers, were among the elite...
Last January his Lee Skirt Co. was turning out women's and misses' skirts at a good clip of 400 dozen a week. By last week, Lee Skirt had upped production more than 200%-1,250 dozen a week. U.S. department stores were taking the entire output. Retailing mostly at $1.99 and $2.95, the company's all-wool and rayon skirts are a bargain that few competitors can approach...
Well aware that narrow profit margins can easily be erased by a sudden rise in costs, Lee Skirt snips all possible corners. It has dodged style changes by concentrating on "what most women want most of the time." By ordering in volume, it gets a steady supply of good fabrics which boost sales and eliminate costly returns because of imperfections. To avoid waste motion, production has been so simplified that, says Carl, "our employees can work blindfolded." Lee Skirt treats its 50-odd employees well, and except for oral agreements on wage boosts has never had to alter its nine...
...Back. Smart management has enabled Lee Skirt to take up rising costs and then some. Despite an addition of three inches to the length of most skirts and a 5?-a-yard rise in flannel, it is currently selling one all-wool flannel item at 15% less than last year...
...happy result: a pat on the back from the National Retail Dry Goods Association. Though "it is not our normal function to advertise any manufacturer," said a N.R.D.G.A. bulletin, Lee Skirt is providing "a reliable garment at a price which should . . . help overcome the public dissatisfaction over the price situation." A happier result: the company expects to gross more than $1,000,000 in 1948, a 100% increase in a year...