Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Happy ending: Robert Jackson, Ontario's young entrepreneur of the year, went from being a junkie to running a innovative company that had sales of $560,000 last year
Happy ending: Robert Jackson, Ontario's young entrepreneur of the year, went from being a junkie to running a innovative company that had sales of $560,000 last year

Happy ending: Robert Jackson, Ontario's young entrepreneur of the year, went from being a junkie to running a innovative company that had sales of $560,000 last year

Date10/17/1990
Names
(photographer)
Format
Medium
Language
ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128744F
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
Custom cut: Arthur Frderico, Toronto branch manager for Reilly Lock, displays some of the locks and keys his company offers including an $8 pick-proof deadbolt. Reilly's sales which last year reached $1.5 million are on the increase this year as homowners
Custom cut: Arthur Frderico, Toronto branch manager for Reilly Lock, displays some of the locks and keys his company offers including an $8 pick-proof deadbolt. Reilly's sales which last year reached $1.5 million are on the increase this year as homowners
7/29/1982
Flat fee approach: When Norm Spears saw success of California entrepreneur's Wheels 'n Deals business, he bought idea the with partners, including wife Claudette, set up U-Sell used car sales facility in Toronto
Flat fee approach: When Norm Spears saw success of California entrepreneur's Wheels 'n Deals business, he bought idea the with partners, including wife Claudette, set up U-Sell used car sales facility in Toronto
8/8/1980
In the forefront of word-processing technology, Stephen Dorsey's Micom Data Systems Ltd. has landed a contract for the U.S. space program. The tiny Montreal-based company, with sales last year of under $2 million competes on world markets against such heavyweights as IBM and Xerox.
In the forefront of word-processing technology, Stephen Dorsey's Micom Data Systems Ltd. has landed a contract for the U.S. space program. The tiny Montreal-based company, with sales last year of under $2 million competes on world markets against such heavyweights as IBM and Xerox.
10/5/1977
Big plans: Bob Collins-Wright, president of Inglis, says his company will invest $60 million over the next five years and hire an additional 1,000 workers. He predicts his expanded firm will capture 35-to-40 per cent of all appliance sales in Canada this year.
Big plans: Bob Collins-Wright, president of Inglis, says his company will invest $60 million over the next five years and hire an additional 1,000 workers. He predicts his expanded firm will capture 35-to-40 per cent of all appliance sales in Canada this year.
3/29/1982
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
Ready to roll: Alain Sutton, Toro's director of Canadian operations, shows the company's new snow blower, one of many products with which Toro intends to dazzle the Canadian market to the extent of some $35 million in sales per year
Ready to roll: Alain Sutton, Toro's director of Canadian operations, shows the company's new snow blower, one of many products with which Toro intends to dazzle the Canadian market to the extent of some $35 million in sales per year
9/18/1979
Super hot dog salesman is Manfred Doblinger president of VS services Ltd., which sold nearly one million hot dogs at Exhibition stadium last year. He may get permission to sell beer this summer but he's not too enthusiastic about the idea. It would be expensive, and - horros - cut down hot dog sales.
Super hot dog salesman is Manfred Doblinger president of VS services Ltd., which sold nearly one million hot dogs at Exhibition stadium last year. He may get permission to sell beer this summer but he's not too enthusiastic about the idea. It would be expensive, and - horros - cut down hot dog sales.
2/21/1978
Working wives are taking over from happy little homemakers as the most influential force shaping retail operations and advertising, according to Toronto adman David Cravit. Women like Carol Anne Calderone, shown with Cravit, are forcing stores to extend hours and change times of clearance sales. Toronto supermarkets are already experimenting with late shopping hours.
Working wives are taking over from happy little homemakers as the most influential force shaping retail operations and advertising, according to Toronto adman David Cravit. Women like Carol Anne Calderone, shown with Cravit, are forcing stores to extend hours and change times of clearance sales. Toronto supermarkets are already experimenting with late shopping hours.
12/22/1977
Promising duo: Lorren Leveille, 29, above left, and Brenda Bent, 28, teamed up to form Bent Boys three years ago and since then sales of their innovative designs have tripled
Promising duo: Lorren Leveille, 29, above left, and Brenda Bent, 28, teamed up to form Bent Boys three years ago and since then sales of their innovative designs have tripled
10/31/1986
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
Some lift!, From a bosun's chair hoist at a company party yesterday Swing Stage president Dean Dunlop said, with quarterly sales for its scaffolding up 65 per cent, I can't be glum about the future.
Some lift!, From a bosun's chair hoist at a company party yesterday Swing Stage president Dean Dunlop said, with quarterly sales for its scaffolding up 65 per cent, I can't be glum about the future.
4/20/1982