Word: retailing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Nationalization of all but 5% of the country's retail trade...
...pulled the rug out from under Samuel Wolchok, boss of the strife-torn Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union, and ordered the C.I.O.'s powerful Amalgamated Clothing Workers to take over Wolchok's territory...
...breeders' woes were echoed by fur retailers. In a season when fur sales should be booming, business was so slow that retail prices were being cut as much as 50%. One big reason for buyer resistance was the 20% federal...
...shop at the wide-awake Boston Store at any hour of the day or night, including Sunday, merely by calling Marquette 8-5020. Telephone clerks take the order and send it out next morning. By such round-the-clock selling, the Boston Store has become Wisconsin's biggest retail establishment under one roof, with a current annual sales volume of $40 million...
...syndicate that owns the Washington and Kenmore Theaters and the Opera House in Boston. Attorney William School filed a bid of $45,000 for the purposes of erecting a $250,000 building within six months. Henry J. Shea offered $40,000 in order to put up a block of retail stores. The $34,000 bid came from Albert M. Sateriale...