Word: neiman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Business at First Sight. That is the only old-fashioned thing about Raquel, who pursues her career with the smooth precision of a modern computer. Chicago-born and California-raised, Raquel, now 24, was a Neiman-Marcus model and played a few movie walk-ons before she met her programmer, Press Agent Pat Curtis. It was business at first sight. Two weeks after their first encounter, they met to plan her career in minute detail. Now, they share and share alike as equal partners in a company in which Raquel is the chief asset-an asset that Constant Companion Curtis...
...nursery chair, designed by London Royal College of Art Graduate Peter Murdoch, is now on sale at Bloomingdale's, Neiman-Marcus and some 20 specialty shops. Made by the International Paper Co., the cylindrical-shaped chair consists of five layers of paper coated with a thin layer of plastic, is only one-sixteenth of an inch thick and weighs an incredibly light 3 Ibs. The chair will support up to 500 Ibs. Designer Murdoch claims that it is almost impossible to break. The throw-away price...
...Neiman! On Marcus! On Schwartz's and Saks...
...July-but merchants feel relieved that the advances have continued. Across the U.S., one big department store after another is reporting sales gains over last year: up 15% for Atlanta's Rich's, 18% for San Francisco's Gump's, 6% for Dallas' Neiman-Marcus, and 5% for New York's Gimbels (despite the newspaper strike). Even more significant than the figures is the attitude of shoppers. "Figures aren't our guiding light," says President Bernard Sakowitz of Houston's Sakowitz Inc. "We go more by the climate of the people...
...Abel, Mrs. Johnson's social secretary, had been bought by Thrift Shopper L.B.J., who used to tote home most of his wife's wardrobe in the days when he had time for such activities. Now that she can suit herself, Mrs. Johnson wears clothes mostly chosen by Neiman-Marcus. L.B.J. brands went thataway...