Career
These policies are still in practice today. Powell was a vice president at Sears Roebuck in 1932, when the publisher of the Britannica, Benjamin J. Cox, resigned. Powell quickly analyzed the factors affecting the profitability of the Britannica and hit upon the continuous revision policy in 1933.
New Britannica-branded products such as the 12-volume children"s encyclopedia, Britannica Junior, appeared only a year later.