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Drive to get away is causing a boom in the utility vehicle market, according to Bill Fleming, new president of International Harvester Co. of Canada Ltd. Sales of the rugged buggies are growing at a rate of 25 to 30 per cent a year. People want to get out
Drive to get away is causing a boom in the utility vehicle market, according to Bill Fleming, new president of International Harvester Co. of Canada Ltd. Sales of the rugged buggies are growing at a rate of 25 to 30 per cent a year. People want to get out

Drive to get away is causing a boom in the utility vehicle market, according to Bill Fleming, new president of International Harvester Co. of Canada Ltd. Sales of the rugged buggies are growing at a rate of 25 to 30 per cent a year. People want to get out

Date11/10/1977
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Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
10/29/1969
The Kingston Vehicle Co., Limited : manufacturers of Frontenac buggies, spring wagons and phaetons
The Kingston Vehicle Co., Limited : manufacturers of Frontenac buggies, spring wagons and phaetons
1897
Utility vehicles are the fastest-growing segment of market
Utility vehicles are the fastest-growing segment of market
2/8/1990
Art Ehara: Suzuki Canada Inc. president shows off one of his company's four-wheel-drive utility vehicles, to go on sale in Eastern Canada next month. Base price for cheapest Suzuki vehicle is $6,594. Engine is smaller than on some motorcycles.
Art Ehara: Suzuki Canada Inc. president shows off one of his company's four-wheel-drive utility vehicles, to go on sale in Eastern Canada next month. Base price for cheapest Suzuki vehicle is $6,594. Engine is smaller than on some motorcycles.
11/28/1980
These are sweet days for spice merchant Tom Horton - his sales are up 30 per cent in five years
These are sweet days for spice merchant Tom Horton - his sales are up 30 per cent in five years
8/21/1977
Big seller: Cathy Pitt, manager of A and A Record and Tapes' main store on Yonge, says compact discs represent 30 per cent of sales
Big seller: Cathy Pitt, manager of A and A Record and Tapes' main store on Yonge, says compact discs represent 30 per cent of sales
12/5/1985
Sartorial splendor: Milton Eugene, owner of Eugene Manufacturing, displays some of the ties he has produced for 660 companies in Canada. Eugene says sales are up 30 per cent this year and he plans to expand by opening outlets in Atlanta and Dallas next ye
Sartorial splendor: Milton Eugene, owner of Eugene Manufacturing, displays some of the ties he has produced for 660 companies in Canada. Eugene says sales are up 30 per cent this year and he plans to expand by opening outlets in Atlanta and Dallas next ye
12/16/1982
Sales of outside lighting are 30 per cent higher
Sales of outside lighting are 30 per cent higher
12/23/1965
Mr. Vitamin E, as Bill Gutterson is called, stands in the Rexdale office of Webber Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which has increased sales by 40 per cent over last year. There's been a great revival in vitamin E. It's being used for everything from heart trouble to pollution ailments.
Mr. Vitamin E, as Bill Gutterson is called, stands in the Rexdale office of Webber Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which has increased sales by 40 per cent over last year. There's been a great revival in vitamin E. It's being used for everything from heart trouble to pollution ailments.
10/1/1971
They get letters: Jean and David Hauraney of Address-O-Matic Mailing Systems fear the proposed 76-per-cent increase in first-class postal rates for Jan
They get letters: Jean and David Hauraney of Address-O-Matic Mailing Systems fear the proposed 76-per-cent increase in first-class postal rates for Jan
10/7/1981
A bomb threat followed realtor Ernest Ferguson's announcement that he was reducing his commission on house sales from 5 or 6 per cent to 4 per cent. The Leaside realtor suspects the call may have come from one of 9,191 other men and women who sell real es
A bomb threat followed realtor Ernest Ferguson's announcement that he was reducing his commission on house sales from 5 or 6 per cent to 4 per cent. The Leaside realtor suspects the call may have come from one of 9,191 other men and women who sell real es
5/14/1976
Sales climbing: Upper Canada Brewing Company president Frank Heaps says sales have jumped about 60 per cent since opening in 1985
Sales climbing: Upper Canada Brewing Company president Frank Heaps says sales have jumped about 60 per cent since opening in 1985
4/19/1998