Word: withe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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A Billion in Britain. The supermarketeers are firmly established in Britain, where self-service is already a major business. Ten years ago, there were only 500 self-service stores, doing less than $50 million annually. Today, Britain has more than 5,000 self-service stores, with a total annual gross...
The small grocers are fighting the supermarkets hard. France's Fédération des Syndicats de l'Epicerie complain that "thousands of small independents have been forced out of business. If the wave continues, another 10,000 will have to close down in the next two...
The son of a Boston cigarmaker, Revson moved to New Hampshire with his family, and, after graduating from high school, went to Manhattan's Seventh Avenue to work in a relative's textile business. He picked up savvy about fashions, learned many a lesson in feminine psychology. Revson...
Jewelry stores, particularly Manhattan's staid old Tiffany & Co., are not exactly noted for their sense of humor. But last week Tiffany thought it was time for a gentle chuckle and a quiet spoof on those for-the-man-who-has-everything presents. Into the Wall Street Journal went...
Tiffany knew not what it had wrought. Its "entire stock" was one presentation putter, ordered by the partners of Parker & Co., a Manhattan aviation-insurance firm, to celebrate Managing Partner R. Leslie Cizek's 30th anniversary with the company. No sooner did the ad appear than Wall Streeters started...