Identifier: hardmerchmarjun1915toro (find matches)
Title: Hardware merchandising March-June 1915
Year: 1915 (1910s)
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Subjects: Hardware industry Hardware Implements, utensils, etc Building
Publisher: Toronto :
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
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cars, simplyby turning half an eye at the-, building, and a glance inside the window reveals a stock of acces-sories. Frequently, as in the caseof the American tourist citedabove, break-downs occurred with-in a few miles of town, and Farn-ham now had a man who wasequipped to go out and tow thesedisabled cars back to town, and fixanything from a broken axle to ablow-out. The stock of tires carried is com-paratively small, as the store iswithin easy reach of Montreal. Atelephone message will express atire into Farnham in a few hours.A dozen tires are stocked, andtwice as many inner tubes. Mr.Choquette carries a large stock ofother accessories. It is stock thatmoves quickly in summer. Tires,which are the best sellers, bring aprofit of about 15 per cent., whileother accessories net in the neigh-borhood of 33 1-3 per cent. Amongnew lines recently introduced areself-starters. These do not findfavor so much with the farmers as-with the townspeople. (Continued on page 46. ( -lane -5. 1915. 35
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The above window display by Goodwins Ltd., Montreal, appeared prior to May 24th and seasonable goods suitablefor May sports were shown. Among the goods shown are baseball and tennis supplies, lawn bowls, fishing tackle, canoesand i ow-boats, bicycles, rifles, croquet sets, bicycle lamps, motors, boy scouts equipment, hammocks, etc. Playing Up a New Department New Department—Sporting Goods—in Goodwins, Limited., Expanding Rapidly - Some of the Lines Carried — How Goods areDisplayed and Sold. By M. E. MYERS. I NOTICED an advertisement byGoodwins, Ltd., in a Montreal dailypaper one day last week inviting alland sundry to call and see their stock ofcanoes and skiffs before buying- else-where. It caught our eye for the veryreason that canoes and skiffs seemed outof place in a store which early in themorning is so crowded with women look-ing for bargains. On paying a visit to the store, I founda perfect pyramid of canoes in the base-ment. They had them all on displayso that comina- do

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