Our history: 1940s
 1940 Consumers Union Reports starts asking its readers about their experiences with various products on its Annual Questionnaire. On the first questionnaire, there are nine questions, including one about whether the magazine should be sold on the newsstand. 1941 The organization builds a soundproof room to test radios. Today, an "anechoic" chamber designed so all sound is absorbed by the walls, is just one of seven special test environments and 50 laboratories in the National Testing and Research Center in Yonkers, N.Y.
Consumers Union changes the name of its magazine to make it clearer that it serves all consumers, not just union members. 1946 Circulation of Consumer Reports: 100,000.
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