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...scraped up a little money by buying small lots in Gulfport, Miss. Then he went to New Orleans, the main chance. While the International Trade Mart was under construction, he marched up all 26 stories to the top. "That walk up was the toughest work I ever did. Rough." He looked out and spotted the site where Canal Place is rising today. He determined to rebuild, the scruffy riverfront. Canizaro...
These lists form the substance of the manual--dull as any address book, they are Edelhart's forte. He glues them together with chapter headings that resemble K-Mart stick-ems: "Well, If They Can Cure Hiccups, What About Acne?" or "A Knotty Problem--Tying Ties...
...Life Amendment Political Action Committee. Run in Washington by Paul Brown, 41, a soft-spoken former executive of the K mart Corporation, this group is best known to antiabortionists for its hit lists of pro-choice incumbents. Its record of victories is impressive, though its leaders often count among them politicians who were defeated for reasons other than their stands on abortion. Nevertheless, Brown's outfit has been effective as a link between Washington and activists at state and congressional levels who are fighting against abortion. Brown raised $95,000 last year for congressional campaigns and hopes to funnel...
...more to burnish the public relations image of Carter's anti-inflation commandos-and Sears-than to contain overall U.S. prices. First, inflation in general retailing has been relatively modest, averaging well under 5% over the past five years. Second, Sears' major competitors, including J.C. Penney, K mart and Montgomery Ward, do not intend to cut prices...
...them, the catalogue showroom retailing operations, which grossed $216 million, embraces brand-name discount chains that require little in the way of display space, sales help and security personnel because customers order merchandise from catalogues. Thus the companies can undercut many of the big low-price chains like K mart. The other, the Carlson Premium Group, which last year got one-third of its $250 million revenues from Gold Bond Stamps, organizes incentive programs for companies that reward high-achieving employees and dealers with expensive trips and gifts. Carlson also has a sporting-goods importing business, a diamond wholesaling operation...