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The article focuses on the threat of competitive pressure towards the growth of Southampton Corp. It states that the 4,200 convenience stores has been running the distinctive red and green 7-Eleven sign and steep prices of Southampton for more than 25% which is higher than the nearby supermarkets. It mentions that there has been concern if Southampton could keep it growth since the convenience stores has been affected by the price wars when supermarkets cut their prices and compete for position.

This article discusses the pricing policies used by self-service stores in order to compete with service stores in the same trading area. The lower operating costs of self-service stores allowed for a pricing policy aimed at selling commodities at lower prices than those of services stores, which typically followed uniform pricing policies on staple goods in common trading areas. The establishment of self-service stores has resulted in a breakdown of these uniform pricing policies. Details related to the effectiveness of uniform product mark-up policies, leader merchandising, and competitive pricing policies employed by self-service stores are presented.

The article focuses on the growth of drive-in groceries in the U.S. According to an operator, the bigger the supermarkets get, the more drive-in groceries a city can support. A comparison between the supermarket and the drive-in store is presented. Convenience is said to be the strongest selling card of drive-ins. The drive-in duplicates the supermarket on merchandise. Some drive-ins also have licenses which allow customers to drink beer. Information on the profits generated by drive-in operators is provided.

Describes the significance of the chain stores in retail distribution with evaluation of their merits and weaknesses from the public's standpoint. Discussion on the most baffling and pressing problems which the business man has to deal with--the problem of distribution; Description of the cost of goods in retail stores that adds a staggering sum to the tax upon the consumer; Objective of distribution as extended through a great number of stages, from the moment the first producer stores the raw materials in his barn and looks about for a buyer.

The article discusses the emerging popularity of convenience stores in the U.S. The stores are described as the fastest-growing segment of the retail food business. According to the National Association of Convenience Stores, there are 6,000 such stores all over the U.S. as of 1965. Their difference from supermarkets are considered, such as operating hours, store sizes, self-service concept and product lines carried. The largest convenience store chains are cited, such as Southland, Li'l General, and the Lawson division of Consolidated Foods Corp.

The article focuses on the opening by oil companies of one-stop gas service station-restaurant-motel complex in the U.S. A one-stop complex will be opened by Pure Oil Co. along Interstate 90, while Phillips Petroleum Co.'s Plaza 66 has vending machines that dispense food to travelers. The American Petroleum Institute (API) has launched newspaper advertisements that feature a map and description of historic and scenic spots. Some oil companies, like Shell Oil Co. and Texaco Inc., are experimenting with vending machines.

The article reports that large manufactures of automobile tires consider discount stores and department stores as an essential tire distribution outlet for consumers. Director Thomas G. MacGowan states that tires are becoming convenience items instead of specialties. It says that companies can sell their major brands through the associated brands that may help them acquire entree to outlet stores. It says that the strength of private labels may have a significant impact on the tire industry.

The article discusses American Consumerism. As mass production has revolutionized American family life, so mass distribution is revolutionizing the community life of America. Not many years ago, practically every retail business in American towns and cities was owned and operated by local capital and talent. It is not so today. In Anderson, South Carolina, a city of 14,500 people, twenty-three of the best business locations on Main Street have been turned over to out-of-town merchants. In Framingham, Massachusetts, six chain stores, lined up together, practically monopolize the best business district of the city.

The article presents information on the chain stores. In the face of business depression, fifty of the largest chain retail organizations reported 4 percent increase in sales for the first six months of 1930 over the corresponding months of 1929. Average consumer is much afraid of the rapid growth of the chain stores and trend toward monopoly. One witnesses the chain stores manager and his helpers working all hours of he night for a small reward. Most chains and more and more independents are making it a practice to advertise at least five specials each week.

Huge fortunes are in sight for the skilled merchandisers who can repeat in the field of retailing the more efficient performances which have already been standardized in the realm of production. The trend toward heightened efficiency has been enthroning big business at the expense of little business. Great department stores, chain stores, and mail-order houses are rapidly gaining a larger ratio of aggregate consumer patronage. The movement has recently become so accelerated that statistics become outmoded before they are classified.

The article focuses on the emergence and spread of U.S. convenience stores as of July 1, 1969. Topics reviewed include the differences and similarities between convenience stores and mom-&-pop stores and the contribution of Dallas, Texas-based convenience stores operator Southland for the introducing of convenience stores. Details related to Southland's franchising business and the participation of convenience stores in retail industry are provided as well.

The article features Bodega, a Spanish-American grocery store located between Stanton, California and Houston, Texas. It is owned by Juan Cruz, a former sugarcane cutter who came from Puerto Rico to the U. S. in 1954. The store has orange-brown patterned linoleum on the floor, a tin ceiling painted tan, fluorescent light fixtures, a tinted print of Jesus Christ and bilingual cardboard signs.

The article discusses the status of Southland Corp., the operator of the convenience store chain 7-Eleven Stores, as of September 1974. Topics covered include the history and business operations of the 7-Eleven Stores, Southland's average annual capital outlay for stores between 1960 and 1965, and the possible impact of inflation on the store chain. INSET: The 7-Eleven Franchisees.

A new battle on evolution is raging in the South. This time, however, the issue is not religious but economic; it has to do with the theory of the economics of distribution. The battle, which is being waged on many fronts, is between the small retailer, taking the fundamentalist position, against the chain store, an exponent of modernism in distribution. The thing, however has been a long time in coming and can be traced back to the vast economic revolution that began in this country ten or fifteen years ago.

The article offers information on the efforts to modify the military exchanges into the form of modern business. To that effect after a preliminary accounting survey, an advisory committee was formed headed by Karl D. Gardner of the W. T. Grant variety chain. It states that according to the new plan, exchanges are to be a chain store business operated by a civilian personnel with centralized executive control by the U.S. Army.

The article offers information on the growing popularity of one-stop shopping in the U.S. In effort to draw in more customers and to earn more profits, it mentions that various commercial facilities offered additional services and products to become a one-stop shopping venue. According to Mrs. Russ Carll of New Orleans, some offer cocktails, play and dinner in one roof at a fixed price. According to actor Walt Lachman, the basic idea of drink, eat and be amused dated back during the Roman Empire and became popular in the late 1960s, when dozens of suburban restaurant-theaters evolve after the riots of 1968.

The article discusses the business opportunity presented by the expected boom in automobile sales for roadside retailers in the U.S. as of June 15, 1946. The author says there are several ways for entrepreneurs to take advantage of the coming boom depending on how much money they are willing to invest. Tips for businessmen on how to launch their roadside retail operations are presented including the importance of choosing the right location for their stores.

A photograph depicting a unit in Grocery Guild chain stores where customers can select their meat from photographs hanged on the wall is presented.

The article offers information on the one-stop shop, House of Fabrics Inc., in the U.S.

The article presents the list of the authors who have contributed in the November 1930 issue of the journal "The Nation." Some of them are: Lewis Corey, who has contributed articles on economic and labor problems. He is the author of the "The House of Morgan." Edward G. Ernst and Emil M. Hartl, present in four articles the results of an extended first hand study of the chain store situation. Stanley J. Kunitz is the author of a volume of poems, "Intellectual Things." Granville Hicks is assistant professor of English at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Horace Gregory is the author of a book of verse, "Chelsea Rooming House," which is to be brought out shortly in England by Faber and Faber.

The article reports on the license agreement between Dallas, Texas-based convenience store company Southland Corp. and Ito-Yokado Co. Ltd. Under the agreement, Ito-Yokado has the exclusive franchising right to develop Seven-Eleven stores in Japan with the managerial know-how supplied by Southland. The agreement could have an impact on retail competitive structure and behavior in Japan.

The article focuses on the Post Exchange (PE) in Frankfort, Germany, which is officially known as European Command Exchange System. A wife of an American foreign correspondent in Paris, despite of her dislike in Germany went in PE. The mission of PE is to supply the occupation soldier with basic items of necessity and convenience. To an American soldier, PE is a compact general store in the American soldier's barracks area.

The article presents suggestion by some marketing executives to have glass walls in supercenter. Mass merchandisers building a mass network of indistinguishable chain stores are now planning to look at the future through a rearview mirror. This is required to break the trend of copying and perpetuating mistakes by mass retailers. They copy everything from advertisements , to signs and to interiors. Even the chain store names are not distinctive or easily memorable. Many directives have been given to the mass merchandisers by their clients.

The article discusses the decreasing number of gasoline stations run by major oil companies in the U.S. such as Mobil and Shell Oil. It says that most of their service stations are not big enough to compete in terms of high wages and services offered. Other reasons include the scarcity of skilled labor and the entry of independent gasoline retailers who built big service facilities, self-service outlets and outlets for consumers at different places such as convenience stores and mass retailers.

The article focuses on the profile of Henry C. Bohack, founder of New York-based oil and gas station business as well as of grocery stores chain business under the name H. C. Bohack Co. Inc. as of may 1, 1930. The author discusses the organization created by Bohack, in which particular focus is given to the loyalty of the employees for the success of the business.

The article provides information on the operations and performance of retailer Kroger as of November 1972. It mentions a decline in Kroger's stock prices and the impact of supermarket chain A&P's price cutting on Kroger's profits. It offers a background on how the company ventured into operating big stores and franchised convenience stores.

The article offers news briefs related to marketing in the U.S. According to customers, the problem with Amtrak is the unanswered and busy station phones. 7-Eleven Inc., convenience store subsidiary of Southland Corp., has tried adding fast-food menus at 464 convenience stores in Texas and New Mexico. Pitney Bowes Inc. has established Postal Education Center in Washington D.C.

The article focuses on the promising future of the convenience food stores, producing sales of 2.7 billion dollars as of December 1970, around 3% of the giant U.S. food market. It discusses the various outsiders who want to deal themselves in which include Cities Service, Gulf, Tenneco and Union Pacific's Champlin Petroleum division. It explains the factors making a convenience store profitable including its ability to charge higher prices, a small inventory and fast turnover.