Tazama chanzo cha Maduka ya United Cigar Stores

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[[File:United-Cigar-Wake-Up-America.jpeg|thumb|200px|Mnamo 1917-04-19 jengo la Flatiron Building United Cigar Store lilibadilishwa kuwa jumba la sherehe ya "Wake up America Day"]]
[[File:Victory-Cigar-Congress-Passes-DST.jpeg|thumb|300px|right|United Cigar Stores inafurahia sheria mpya ya 1918 ya ufanyikazi]]
'''United Cigar Stores''' ilikuwa mtandao mkubwa kabisa wa [[Duka|maduka]] ya [[sigara]] huko [[Marekani]]. Ingawa mwanzoni maduka hayo yalikuwa ya kuuza sigara tu, walianza kuuza [[bidhaa]] nyingine mbalimbali, kama [[saa]] za aina ya Mickey Mouse na [[viatu]]. 

Mtandao huu wa maduka ulianzishwa katika mwaka wa 1901. Ingawa wengi walikana, mnyororo huu uliwakilisha maslahi ya kampuni ya Consolidated Tobacco Company, shirika la tumbaku lililosimamia kampuni nyingine za tumbaku kama American Tobacco Company na nyinginezo. Mnamo Septemba 1903, mkataba uliundwa na washindani wa mnyororo huo na huu ukafanya mnyororo huo kutokuwa na upinzani au ushindani wowote katika biashara yao. Ulipofika mwaka wa 1926, mnyororo huo ulikuwa na maduka takriban 3000 ya rejareja.

Kampuni hii iliongozwa na Whelan-Schulte lakini usimamizi ukaenda kwa George Kenan na Frederick Morrow katika mwezi wa Agosti 1929. Kampuni hii pia ilikuwa imejihusisha katika biashara ya mali isiyohamishika. Shida za kiuchumi zilipopata [[Marekani]] katika miaka ya 1929 na mwanzoni mwa miaka ya 1930, sehemu ya mali isiyohamishika ilileta hasara kubwa. Hivyo basi, katika mwezi wa Septemba 1932 kampuni yenyewe ikatangaza kuwa haina pesa. Kabla ya kuwa fukara, kampuni hii ilikuwa na maduka 975 ya sigara na maduka 219 ya dawa, lakini mali yake nyingi ilikuwa mali isiyohamishika. 

Mtandao ulinawiri tena ukawa umefungua maduka 1300 kabla ya mwaka wa 1951 kuisha.

United Cigar Stores ikawa sehemu ya Shirika la United Cigar-Whelan Stores lililobadilika likawa Shirika la United Whelan: katika miaka ya 1960 iliungana na Shirika la Perfect Film & Chemical, kampuni ya kusindika filamu na kuuza dawa na vitamini. Perfect Film & Chemical ilibadilisha jina ikawa Cadence Industries katika mwaka wa 1973.

Labda sehemu yake maaarufu kabisa ni [[Marvel Comics]], ilimiliki Marvel tangu 1968 hadi 1986.

==Viungo vya nje==
* [http://worldcat.org/oclc/255149441 Walter S. Hayward; Percival White; John S. Fleek; H. Mac Intyre. Chain Stores: Their Management and Operation. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1922. OCLC 255149441.] 
* [http://worldcat.org/oclc/255149441]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758501,00.html Schulte & Specialties.] {{Wayback|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758501,00.html |date=20161025205605 }} 1937-11-29.
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,931998,00.html Milestones.] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20180522211438/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,931998,00.html |date=2018-05-22 }} 1941-12-22.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Moody_(financial_analyst) John Moody. The Truth About The Trusts: A Description and Analysis of the American Trust Movement.] New York: Moody Publishing; 1904. OCLC 1832950. Consolidated Tobacco Company and affiliated corporations. 'The Tobacco Trust.' p.&nbsp;69–96ff.
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,711536,00.html Salesmen. 1926-12-20.] {{Wayback|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,711536,00.html |date=20180522211155 }}
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,737772,00.html Two Morrows. 1929-09-02.] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20180522211842/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,737772,00.html |date=2018-05-22 }}
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,841264,00.html Cigar Stores. 1932-09-05.] {{Wayback|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,841264,00.html |date=20110524001941 }}
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,815565,00.html United Cigar. 1951-10-15.] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20180522212142/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,815565,00.html |date=2018-05-22 }}
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,841264,00.html New Man for Curtis. 1968-05-03.] {{Wayback|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,841264,00.html |date=20110524001941 }}
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