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Volume 11 , Number 13/July 15, 1985
FEATURES
The Key to Improving Cigarette Vending Profits ... . .. 17
Deciding which brands of cigarettes to load into your machines con be
mind boggling without demographic studies to determine your clientele
and their preferred brands. Included is a chart of cigarette brands by
manufacturers.
OMAA Boasts High Attendance at Trade Show
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State association shows give all segments of the industry the opportunity to
talk with each other. Here's what happened in Ohio.
The Role of Distributors in Pay Phones . . .......... . .. 50
Gail Sherman, vice president of marketing of Cointel Communications,
game a speech at the BCR conference in June. This is on excerpt from that
speech.
DEPARTMENTS
5 Missing Children Poster
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Letters to the Editor
Up Front
News
Critic's Comer
26
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Frank's Cranks
New Products
Aids to the Trade
Classified
Cover Credit: Combination of coin-op amusements and cigarette vending was
illustrated by Morgret Vincent. Ploy Meter's graphics designer.