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American Rack Merchandisers Institute (ARMI), founded in 1952 and headquartered in Chicago at 10-149 Merchandise Mart, 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

 * 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

 * Information Bulletin