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...nail lacquer)--and in the process create a new sort of one-stop shop with a consumer-friendly atmosphere. "What they have recognized," says Donald Trott, specialty-retail analyst at stock-research outfit Jefferies & Co., "is that they have to take it out of the arena of competing with Procter & Gamble...
Forbess adds that the course head, Lecturer on Chemistry and Chemical Biology Garry Procter, takes pains to ensure that all the students understand his lectures...
Union Carbide's consumer division, which last year accounted for 20% of company sales, contains such winners as Eveready batteries, Prestone antifreeze, STP fuel additive and Glad trash bags. Among the ready suitors rumored to be interested in these popular products are Procter & Gamble, Unilever and Ralston Purina. PERSONNEL Video Headhunting...
...price increases have mainly been at the wholesale level. Since November, when the severity of the damage became evident, Procter & Gamble has pushed up wholesale prices for its Folgers brand from $2.53 to $3.95 per lb. Many grocery stores expect prices to jump more than $1 per lb. during the next month...
Americans are not about to give up their beloved cars and conveniences, even if their lives depend on it, which they might. If anything, we will continue to eliminate physical effort. "Companies like Procter & Gamble are working hard to stop all the drudgery of cleaning and scrubbing," jokes Sallis. And while a small percentage of the nation--mainly found among the best-educated and wealthiest classes--are committed gym rats, most folks cannot find the time, energy and will power to regularly work out. "People are really motivated to avoid activity," Sallis observes...