Word: retail
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Moines shops it was High School Day, conceived and arranged by Clay Dean Slinker, director of business education in the high schools, for 275 students of retail selling, business organization, business English, art and journalism. Every high school nominated students for executive positions, at $2 for the day. Winners were drawn by lot. Younkers took 143 students. Sears, Roebuck 25, The Utica (clothing) 23, Montgomery Ward 10, The Globe (department store) 9, Wolf's (ladies') 8, Norman Cassiday (ladies') 6, Kresge's 6, Herman Kucharo (men's) 4, Sprankel...
...large proportion of last year's graduating class have found jobs in retail selling outlets such as department stores, retail branches of mail order houses, and chain stores. Many of the positions were quite ordinary but they provide a better path to future executive positions than almost any other jobs available at the present time. There were few banking and accounting positions open to the graduates of the school this year...
...Retail results for August were not satisfactory. The Federal Reserve report on department store sales showed them running 26% behind last year. While there was a gain over July, it was smaller than usual. The first 16 chain stores to report for August showed that they were 15.7% below last year. But last week Dun's reported a "rebound" and said that "the era of sacrifice sales of all sorts . . . either has passed entirely or is about to end." Not increased trade but increased stock exchange business however was the cause of a 3.6% gain in bank clearings during...
...books are news. Unless otherwise designated, all books reviewed in TIME were published within the fortnight. TIME readers may obtain any book of any U. S. publisher by sending check or money-order to cover regular retail price ($3 if price is unknown, change to be remitted) to Ben Boswell of TIME. 135 East 42nd St., New York City...
...receivership was requested by Austin, Nichols & Co. to whom Acker, Merrall & Condit sold their wholesale grocery business in 1923. Since then the firm has operated five retail stores in Manhattan, two in New Jersey, all equipped with restaurant and fountain service. Current assets of the firm dropped from $366,000 at the end of July 1930 to $68,000 last July. President Thomas B. Fisher said a reorganization would be attempted...