Word: profit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...workingman wanted to read. Elias fixed that, had its sales up to 1,000,000 in a fortnight. He repeated the feat last year with the Socialist weekly Clarion. In two months he drove its circulation from 40,000 to nearly 250,000. So long as they show a profit, he is willing to let his publications hang on to their traditional politics, like the old-style Liberalism of John Bull, the Conservativism of The People. Publisher Elias is Britain's Socialist Press-on a profit basis...
...small independent oil company producing less than 4,000,000 bbl. a year is Simms Petroleum Co. of Texas. In 1929 it was making a tidy profit of $2,300,000. In 1931 it lost $2,651,000. Last October the company withdrew from the retail gasoline business, sold its service stations. Marketing activities practically ceased, two refineries were shut down. Last week Simms Petroleum sought permission from its stockholders to sell its chief subsidiary and biggest asset, Simms Oil Co., owner of most of the parent concern's oil properties, to Tide Water...
...town begging for reservations. The guest of honor, Miss Cathrine Curtis, whose radio talks on Women & Money had inspired the luncheon, was so excited she could not eat. Over plates of steaming chicken the ladies listened to speeches, applauded, voted. Result: Women Investors in America, Inc., a non-profit making national organization for the "mobilization" of women...
...ancient as merchandizing itself, premium promotion still has an unfailing appeal to the something-for-nothing instinct- though some companies make a tidy profit on their premiums by requesting cash along with wrappers, box tops, coupons and other evidences of consuming interest. In periods of stiff competition premium promotion shaves close to outright price-cutting, and a strenuous effort was made to ban premiums in XRA codes. But the premium makers succeeded in keeping no-premium clauses out of all except the Bakers and Oil Codes, are currently thriving. Another boon that has helped loft premium sales in the past...
...This is the second time Mr. [Richard] Gimbel has been in charge of the Philadelphia store. He was removed the first time for doing too good a job. . . . The store is currently running at a rate which will show a profit, and once again Mr. Gimbel expects to be removed for doing too good...