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...scattered shortages and climbing prices result from heavy demand. The summer bulge in gasoline use was bigger than expected this year, and it has stayed up because of the mild weather. In early November, for instance, consumption was as high as it had been in August. But production has dropped, because of breakdowns at some major refineries. To meet demand, companies have been buying gasoline from outside sources at premium prices, and passing their added costs on to the consumers...
...clipping of IATA'S wings was a direct if delayed result of the "open skies" policy pursued by the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board, which in its drive for deregulation encouraged the start of Laker Airways' cut-rate transatlantic Skytrain service as well as the cheap-fare plans that swept the U.S. carriers. The end of administered fares will heat up competition in the briskly growing air-travel market. The IATA carriers' revenues totaled $39.1 billion in 1977, and are expected to climb another 10% this year. But without IATA to coordinate international fare agreements, many lines...
...much fun as it used to be. During peak buying seasons like the monthlong countdown to Christmas that begins every year after Thanksgiving, it can be downright agony for some people. Parking is a pain, stores are crowded, and sales clerks are often inexperienced or hard to find. One result has been a burst of new activity in an old idea: mail order. Not since Chicago Merchant Aaron Montgomery Ward put out his first "catalogue"-a one-page number flogging bed ticking, hoop skirts and $8 ladies' watches-almost a century ago has there been such high interest...
...which neither spouse has much time to spend prowling through stores. Other converts to catalogues are affluent singles and childless couples whose active working and social lives similarly leave little room for shopping. To reach these busy big spenders, retailers are increasingly resorting to the mails, and the result has been an explosion not only in the number of catalogues but also in the variety of goods that can be bought through them...
...result, all sorts of retailers are stepping up their mail-order activity. Bloomingdale's used to put out catalogues just to draw customers into its stores; now mail and phone orders account for a substantial part of its business. At Montgomery Ward, where mail-order business slumped sharply in the 1950s and early 1960s, catalogue sales are back at record levels...