David Oreck, the New Orleans entrepreneur who after serving on a B-29 bomber during World War II founded the vacuum cleaner company that bore his name, died Wednesday at his Mississippi home. His ...

When David Oreck started selling Oreck vacuum cleaners weighing less than 9 pounds in the 1970s, rivals scoffed that anything that light must be flimsy. Mr. Oreck, a self-trained master marketer of ...

One of the nation's best known salesmen came back to the Northland, spreading his message of business expertise and opportunity in America. And though he didn't make a pitch for his 8-pound upright, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Not many lectures on successful business tactics open with a scene from "Casablanca," but David ...

Synopsis: This 30-second ad consists of just five shots (I count about 12-15 in the average ad). Shot 1: Shuffling feet. A man vacuums a carpeted floor. Shot 2: A dust-clogged filter is pulled from ...

When storied vacuum cleaner maker Oreck filed for bankruptcy on Monday, founder David Oreck was saddened. The 89-year-old vacuum cleaner magnate is hoping to get the company back in the family after ...

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"Nothing gets by an Oreck" is the phrase that helped launch the 40-year career of its founder, David Oreck, who spoke to ASU business classes Thursday. At age 80, he is still pushing products and the ...

Marshall Oreck, one of two brothers who ran the company bearing their surname that makes vacuum cleaners and other cleaning products, died Friday at Touro Infirmary. He was 92. He died of ...