Retailers Take Bow This Week
National Retail Merchants Week opens with plans in Long Beach led by Vito Romans Don L Nutter Tom Hoxie Charles Dooley and Chuck Davis The campaign highlights Retail Serves America and notes retailing ranks second to manufacturing with $215.4 billion in yearly sales and 8 million+ employed across department stores apparel and furniture sectors Whitney M Young Jr named new executive director of the National Urban League succeeding Lester B Granger in New York.