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...sincere desire to cooperate ... in producing what is called for, and on time, without profiteering; to assume some risks . . . rather than attempting to shift all such risks to the Government . . ."). Formulator of these standards was not Mr. Roosevelt, but business-minded Donald Marr Nelson, on leave from Sears, Roebuck & Co. to serve the President and the Defense Commission...
...Pittsburgh, U. S. consumer-server No. 1, Sears, Roebuck & Co., decided to build one of its largest stores. In spite of the heavy-industry boom, Pittsburgh builders gave Sears credit for the largest job undertaken there in a decade...
...potato level of subsistence toward a butter level. In defense-rich Chicago, wholesale trade was 12-15% ahead of 1939, women's dress sales were 15-30% ahead. Nationwide department-store sales in August were 10% ahead of a year ago, only 11% under August 1929. Sears, Roebuck continued to lead the procession with a 22% gain over August 1939. Most bullish note: retail managements have been as gloomy as Wall Streeters about prospects, have kept inventories low. Since August buying by stores was 30% below July, continued retail sales gains should boom consumer-goods production...
From Chicago fanwise over the U. S. last week began to spread the two periodicals with the greatest circulations (around 7,000,000 each) on earth-the fall and winter editions of the mail-order catalogues of Sears, Roebuck and of Montgomery Ward. Down an average 1.48% were prices for the 100,000 items of Sears merchandise. Down about the same were the prices of Ward...
Most exacting private purchasing agent's job in the U. S. is that of Sears, Roebuck & Co., which buys some 50,000 different products from 6,000 manufacturers. Last week Sears' top merchandise man, Executive Vice President Donald Marr Nelson, got an even bigger buying assignment. From his berth as Treasury Procurement Chief, Buyer Nelson was promoted to be coordinating agent for all the U. S. Government's Defense purchases. His job: to spend the $9,000,000,000-plus Army-Navy appropriations and authorizations (on the books and in the works) on airplanes, ships, tanks, tools...