Word: retailed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Stockholm, the Swedish Association of Retail Grocers also decided to stop sale of all foodstuffs containing cyclamates...
...designed to convert any standard TV set into a home movie projector and screen. When perfected, the SV converter will be able to play movies, operas, lessons-or even deliver an audio-visual TV magazine. RCA hopes to begin marketing the first SV adapters in 1972 for a retail price of "under $400." Six-inch cartridges, providing a half-hour of color programming, would initially cost about $10 apiece but could be rented for far less...
...mood-welcome to Washington's inflation fighters but a source of concern to many businessmen-has been building up for months. The trend of retail sales has been flat almost all year. During the twelve months that ended last July, sales rose less than 2% while prices advanced nearly 4%, meaning that the actual volume of retail trade shrank about 2%. Though retail sales climbed above last year's levels during the latest week reported by the Commerce Department, most of the increase reflected the early introduction of 1970 auto models (see story...
...economy remains overheated in many sectors but is becoming perceptibly cooler. Industrial production fell by a fraction of a point in August, the first drop in a year. Retail sales continue sluggish. Storms prevail in the housing market. Private housing starts declined for the seventh straight month, and the scarcity and high cost of mortgage money assure that rough weather will persist. Interest rates on U.S. Treasury notes reached 8%, the highest in 110 years...
Gordon Metcalf of Sears, Roebuck complains that retail-sales figures, which store chains use to plan inventories and sales-promotion policies, are especially slippery. "For instance," he says, "on April 11, retail sales for March were announced as $29.58 billion, a record and a substantial increase over February. On May 5, the March figure was revised to $28.92 billion, a decrease rather than an increase from February...