Word: reorders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...generous subsidies on the capital's beef was to bring on an alltime record eating spree, which so increased consumption that Argentina was unable to fulfill its export contracts. Many housewives would not take the trouble to use leftovers; it was easier to throw the meat away and reorder...
...packed shopping districts around Washington. Three-quarters of the display windows, he pointed out, were crammed with luxuries-just luxuries. If the merchants would only put these luxuries out of sight, people would not ask for them. If people did not ask for them, shopkeepers would not try to reorder them. If shopkeepers did not reorder them, manufacturers might conserve vitally needed manpower...
They had troubles. Some were running out of hairpins. Others had no more tinfoil for permanent-wave pads. They were beset by complaints of leg make-up that ran in the rain. Many were unable to reorder essential supplies-bubble baths, dyes, cellophane, bleaches, alcohol, shampoos...
...range orders they had placed at bargain prices. Meanwhile, department stores, who mainly had had less foresight, had to pay spot prices for rush orders in rising markets, and raise their own prices. The next question is whether Sears and Ward will have to raise their prices as they reorder in a rising market...