Identifier: hardmerchoctdec1910toro (find matches)
Title: Hardware merchandising October-December 1910
Year: 1910 (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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k of the store. A transom 34 incheswide over the door is not shown, owingto the artist in retouching a blur in thatpart of the photo having painted it out. The cellar, which extends the fulllength of the store, is well lighted withwindows at the front and back, withone also on the side. The walls andfloor are cement, and there are excellentfacilities for the storage of glass, oils,roofing, rope, handles, etc., the back partof the cellar being nine feet high withan entrance at the rear as well as byelevator. Another wareroom on the sec-ond floor is used for second-hand stovesand surplus stock. SALE OF STORM DOORS. London, Out.—For the reason thatsash and door factories are not usuallyfound on down-town, streets,, a stormdoor isi one of the most, inconvenient ar-ticles to include in ones shopping list.To give their customers the inside trackon other folks customers, Westm-ansHardware here, sells storm doors. Twosigns, high up on the shelves, displaythe two words to remind customers of
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Two Attractive Window Displays Shown Recently by the Howell Hardware Company, OoderiH 39 HARDWARE AND METAL their needs and of the fact that theyi the store. All hardwares- and trim them down.Why not storm doorsf Needdess to Bay, West-mans do notmanufacture these winter necessities.They have an arrangement with a mill,and, besides a margin of profit, have theselling the hinges and latch- with the door, in most cases. Theselling staff is posted on the sizes, priceand other details, and most buyers willappreciate as an accommodation the factthat the doors are sold up-town at all.They retail at $2.25, exclusive of fit-tings. The London Retailers Associationhas been organized with the followingofficers : President, D. Ross ; vice-presi-dent, R. J. Young ; secretary, H. A.Kompass. The association starts offwith a membership of over 50, includ-ing: a number of hardware men. ATrade in London week will be heldin January. Local merchants have received theannual letter of warning from the Can-a

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