Word: toed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This week Cummings was back in Chicago to tell his board of directors what he had learned. As a starter, Cummings would redesign most of the stores in the country by throwing out the counter. Says he: "It just keeps customers away from what they want to buy." Goods should...
As for salesmen, Cummings thinks too many of them wander aimlessly in & out of stores, just making calls and taking orders. Cummings thought that salesmen should work harder to expand a grocer's business, and cited an example to show that it could be done. In a Jack Sprat...
When he gets his 1,000 salesmen well indoctrinated in his sales-generating ideas, Cummings may take to the road again. Says he: "Sitting in a La Salle Street board room and push-buttoning out quotas to vice presidents won't keep business booming."
¶ Manhattan's Vat-Craft Corp. displayed a machine which uses radioactive material to dye fabrics. The fabric is first run through a dye solution containing a harmless uranium compound, then dipped into a photo-sensitizing solution. In a light radiation chamber, the color is "developed" in much the...
¶ The Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. unveiled a new Scotch tape for industrial use. Made of acetate film, reinforced with glass filaments, it is strong enough to band and strap heavy machinery parts, plate glass, lumber and other heavy objects for shipping.