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Word: retailing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...interpretations of the law be left to the courts. Snapped Erhard: "Courts are not fitted to judge whether a cartel is harmful to the economy or not. That is my job." Only Adenauer's intercession forced Erhard to accept a compromise bill permitting exceptions for "crisis" cartels and retail-price-fixing rings. "Damned little butter for such a big slice of dry bread," snorted Erhard as the Bundestag passed the bill. Yet even this watered-down law makes Germany the first European country to take a stand in principle against "associations in restraint of competition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Engineer of a Miracle | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

Consumers & Profits. Yet the market slump did not seem to bear much relationship to the economy as a whole. Despite Wall Street's bearishness. the U.S. consumer is buying more than ever. Estimates of 1957 retail business as a whole put the totals at a record $200 billion, up $8.5 billion from 1956'$ peak. Construction volume in September rose to $4.6 billion, up 4% over a year earlier. And the first earnings reports for 1957's third quarter showed that companies were still making record profits. American Telephone & Telegraph and International Business Machines both posted new highs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Deflation on Wall Street | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

FAIR TRADE is out in New Mexico, 13th state to rule that manufacturer cannot dictate minimum retail prices. State Supreme Court threw out clause that says if one store signs a fixed-price pact all stores must uphold it. Exempted: fair-traded tobacco products and liquor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Oct. 14, 1957 | 10/14/1957 | See Source »

...Priorities. San Francisco's pro Forty-Niners and the Stanford and University of California football squads got their shots; so did clerks in the local Dun & Bradstreet office and stenographers of the Retail Credit Co. City employees in the police, fire, water, and transportation departments got none. Almost identical reports came from a dozen other cities, including Washington. The District of Columbia had received only 3,000 shots for workers in the capital's essential services; some Federal Government workers were vaccinated without regard to essential status...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Flu Situation | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

...CONSUMERS are unpeeling their bankrolls at record rates. Commerce Department says Americans are spending 68% of their disposable income in retail stores, v. 66% a year ago. With personal income up 6% over last year (2% more in actual purchasing power), last month's retail sales jumped 9% over August...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Oct. 7, 1957 | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

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