Oral history interview with Fred Lazarus, Jr., 1965
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- Name
- Lazarus, Fred, 1884-1973 (Interviewee)
- Edwin, Ed (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Fred Lazarus, Jr., 1965
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Fred Lazarus, Jr., 1965
- Abstract
- Family background; F. & R. Lazarus Co., Shillito's; philosophy of retailing and merchandising; development of Federated Department Stores; Filene's; Committee on Economic Development; Ohio Retail Merchants' Council; American Retail Federation; United States Chamber of Commerce; detailed discussion of operation of a department store: personnel, customer service, selling, layout, design of fixtures, credit, stock, service departments, discount houses, special sales, night and Sunday shopping, computerization, area research, resources, retail accounting and applied statistical procedures, business forecasting, revolving credit, unionization, family financing; charitable and philanthropic undertakings; Retail Research Association; Associated Merchandising; Red Cross, American Jewish Committee
- Collection Name
- Federated Department Stores project
- Subjects
- Executives--United States; Merchandising; Department stores; Lazarus, Fred, 1884-1973; Federated Department Stores; Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; Committee for Economic Development
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1965
- Physical Description
- 1,039 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Merchandising executive
- Note
- Interviewed by Ed Edwin on December 4, 8, 9, 10, 1964; January 7, 9, 16, 19, 20, 23, 27; February 1, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27; May 5, 1965
- Note (Provenance)
- Fred Lazarus, Jr., Gift 1965
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 14346329
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-bkzs-3j14
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.