Word: retail
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Protests against rate-upping began to pour in upon President Hoover and the I. C. C. The U. S. Fisheries Association, the League for Independent Political Action, the Northwest Retail Coal Dealers Association, the Wyoming Stock Dealers Association and Senators Caraway, Brookhart, Shipstead were among the first protestants. The National League of Commission Merchants said that the roads last year got $268,000.000 for hauling 973.605 carloads of fresh fruit and vegetables that sold for $489.000.000, warned that 15% rate increase would raise fruit and vegetable prices...
...Retail...
...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 ($5 if price is unknown, change to be remitted) to Ben Boswell of TIME, 205 East 42nd St., New York City...
...announcement of the change, Curtis Publishing Co. explained that Thursday was adopted in 1898 as publication day because in those days most retail shopping was done on Saturday. With shopping now spread throughout the week, earlier publication would presumably be more advantageous to the advertiser of retail goods...
...year. But the second half is expected to show a smaller rate of decline than the second half of last year, and a total of 2.900,000 units for 1931 is forecast. Last week General Motors' dealers took more cars than during May 1930. But GM's retail sales were 122,000 cars during May against 131,000 in May last year...