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American Rack Merchandisers Institute (ARMI), founded in 1952 and headquartered in Chicago at 10-149 Merchandise Mart,[a] was primarily a national trade association and research institute of manufacturers and distributors of housewares and other non-food items sold in supermarkets. ARMI and SMA (Service Merchandisers Institute) serviced ninety-five per cent of the leading chain store food markets, such as Food Fair, Acme, A&P, and Piggly Wiggly, and Kroger.
Executives and associates
[edit]- Executive director
- 1954–1958: Leonard Bowden de Forest (1903–1963), Executive Vice President
- Association presidents
- 1953: Allen Levis
- 19??: Alvin Monroe Driscoll (1918–2008), Wichita, Kansas
- 1957: Barkley T. Berdan, Syracuse
- 1958: Robert D. Boren, Dallas
- 1962: Charles Harry Schlang (1914–2000), (board member or 6 years; also President of the National Association of Rack Merchandisers), moved to Dallas in the 1960s
Publications
[edit]- Information Bulletin
See also
[edit]- Bulk vending
- National Vendors Association
- Toiletry Merchandisers Association, 617 Vine St., Cincinnati, occupies a similar position in the drug and toiletry merchandising field
- National Association of Rack Merchandisers
References
[edit]- Citations from Billboard
- ^ "Here's How One Association Thrives As Service Center," by Frank Shiras, November 3, 1958