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Word: playtex (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...somewhat serpentine financial maneuver, Riklis last December had Rapid-American Corp., the keystone of his corporate complex, make a friendly tender offer designed to strengthen his holding in Glen Alden Corp. Glen Alden is a onetime coal company that Riklis has been using for acquisitions in such areas as Playtex underwear, B.V.D. shorts and, most recently, Schenley Industries. The company had been under the rather tenuous control (14%) of McCrory Corp., a retailing outfit that is 51%-owned by Rapid-American. Thus, by exchanging Rapid securities worth more than $200 million for 62% of Glen Alden's stock, Riklis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entrepreneurs: Full Circle | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

Competition in the disposables field is becoming fierce, but P. & G. commands at least three-quarters of the market. Among other throwaways, Johnson & Johnson's Chux is a distant second. Playtex and Borden Co. have similar products. Scott Paper is testing its "babyScotts," a two-part assembly consisting of a permanent outer panty into which fits a disposable diaper. Kimberly-Clark, maker of Kleenex, is test-marketing Kimbies, which differ from Pampers and Chux in that they have adhesive tabs that do away with the need for safety pins. Officers of Kimberly-Clark estimate that the total diaper market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Products: The Great Diaper Battle | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

...sold) and textiles and R.K.O. theaters (which he retained). By 1965, such shufflings yielded some $50 million, which Riklis soon put to work. Since early 1966, Glen Alden has bought into building materials, B.V.D. clothing, and only three months ago, the diversified Stanley Warner Corp., whose interests include Playtex bras, movie theaters and throat lozenges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: I Am a Conglomerate | 4/5/1968 | See Source »

Known in the trade as "the Pope of Video," Sullivan keeps a sharp lookout for anything that might be suggestive. He recently disapproved a Playtex bra commercial because "we don't want to show a girl in a filmy thing on a day when everyone's been to church and all." After he signed Elvis Presley for a record $50,000 for three appearances, Sullivan would not allow the camera to show the singer's gyrating pelvis. "He may be a purist," says Comic Jack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Variety Shows: Plenty of Nothing | 10/13/1967 | See Source »

...example, an estimated $30 million at the box office for Goldfinger, $50 to $60 million for My Fair Lady. Besides, most of the big chains now depend on other fields for most of their income: Loew's has become essentially a hotel business, Stanley Warner concentrates on girdles (Playtex) and AB-Paramount is heavily in radio and TV. Though it has diversified into real estate, CATV and savings and loans, National more than the others still depends on the theaters as its "eating business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entertainment: The King of Intermissions | 7/9/1965 | See Source »

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