CHH, Levi pioneer in the use of electronic mail. (Carter Hawley Hale Stores Inc.; Levi Strauss and Co.) From: WWD | Date: April 24, 1989| Author: Haber, Holly | COPYRIGHT 1989 Fairchild Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

CHH, LEVI PIONEER IN THE USE OF ELECTRONIC MAIL

NEW YORK -- Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc., and Levi Strauss & Co. are forgoing the telephone and trying a new way of exchanging messages among key people -- electronic mail.

E-mail, as it's known, zips a typed message directly into the computer of the person it's addressed to -- signaling its arrival with a beep and the appearance on the screen of the words "mail waiting," or a small picture of a mailbox flag. <...