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...lively merchandising it yields first place to no one. It was the first big supermarket chain to mechanize food shelves, first to try trading stamps in the hotly competitive Metropolitan New York market. When it adds clothing departments next month, Grand Union will give more space to nonfood items than any other big chain. By moving beyond the traditional grocery lines into dry goods, readymade clothing and home furnishings, Lansing Shield has brought about a sharp change in supermarketing, and made Grand Union one of the fastest-growing chains in the nation...
Last week the Commerce Department's index of wholesale industrial prices (nonfarm, nonfood products) showed the amazing stability of current industrial prices. The new figure of 115.7 (1947-49 = 100) was the same as a month before and only 1.2 points above the year-ago level...