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0 For Harris, Yule starts in September 'Personalized albums' make early display of cards a necessity Christnia~, greeting cards al«•ay~ go on displaN~ in September in Har- ris Pharmacy, Arlington Heights, I11. One of the reasc,lis for this earlv start is owner George Harris' "per- sonalized album" service. He finds that sale~, of imprinted cards in- crease everi* ~•ear ... while sales of boxed cards have fallen off. •'Still," he saN•s, "I find it neces- t,an, to entpdo.y a.lracal printer to itn- print boxed cards on 24-hour notice for customer~, who want cards im- printed but somehow never get to the store earl}• enough to order from the album..' Gift wraps also go on display earl\--in October-and Mr. Harri,, stages a Christmas wrapping dem- onstration to encourage customer~ to buv their own paper, bows, tapes. and other wrapping material. He also offers gift wrapping for the t,enefia of last-11tinute sht1;111ers_ "P'aper onl." wrapping is free. For fancy wrapping. he charges an}-- thing from 25c to $1 per package. •');usinessmen appreciate this service," he savs, "and thev don't mind pa)•ing for it. One businessman comes in here e.•er}' Christmas and buys fragrance gifts for ever}- woman in his office. However in- expensive the gift, he wants onl%• the fanciest kind of wraPpnng- \\'e're happ~- to oblige." Passersby see stairwell The 2-story-high glass front of a new drug store in New York Cit}- gives passersi», a good view of the unusual floating, winding stairwell which connects the 2 floors. Mortetmo Trends • 71 TELETRENDS i; r: • A new Medicare regulation bars physicians with financial interests in the institutions from sitting on committees which review long- stay cases in hospitals and nursing homes. 'R A study conducted for the Dept of HEW by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the average physician's office visit fee increased 31.9% between December 1966 and December 1969. Physicians' fees for five types of in-hospital medical and surgical care rose an average of 24. 8%. r Supported by a marked increase in consu- mer spending, the economy will take a defi- nite upward turn the rest of this year and through 1971, says the Commerce Dept. It predicts that retail trade will rise 5% in 1970 -- 6% next year. Backing up the Commerce Dept prediction is a report by Associated Credit Bureaus : "While...reluctance to spend [in the first 7 months of the year] has held down sales. .. it has also built up a reservoir of buying power that should begin to make itself felt in the coming months." what's good for the gander... : Apparently spurred by women's liberation activities, men are beginning to fi2e suits claiming that women doing the same work, f or the same f irms, get higher salaries than they do. Drug store sales rose 7.4 o for the first 6 months of this year over the same period in 1969, the Commerce Dept reports. 11,0c0 10,000 f,000 tA00 7p00 q 6,000 ~ SA00 •A00 ~ 3,000 2,000 1A00 a 19" 1 1967 1961 1969 1 400 , L:4 1Y MQNT NS = 970$.1•: 1,350 1,900 1 25 l~1969 Snla , 0 p FO•~~~S ' 1,200 * f 1,190 ).100 f 1plD 1,000 950 *00 f M A M J J A S O N