Identifier: hardmerchsepdec1922toro (find matches)
Title: Hardware merchandising September-December 1922
Year: 1922 (1920s)
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Subjects: Hardware industry Hardware Implements, utensils, etc Building
Publisher: Toronto :
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
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o has bought a stove ayear or even two years previous comesin and says that they have never beenable to get entire satisfaction, they havealways had trouble with the grrates orthe draft. No matter if the stove hasbeen in use for a long time we send aman to investigate, and put in a newgrate or make some other adjustment ifnecessary. We realize this is unfair tous because if the stove was not in per-fect working order it would have longago beep, found out, but we must over-look tMs and go to some Ittle expenseto get a satisfied customer. Handling Second-Hand Stoves No small amount of trouble is exper-ienced by many merchants in disposingof second-hand stoves, and this storefound it necessary to devise some manswhereby they could be handled withoutloss. It is felt that the situation snow dealt with in a most satisfactoryay, in fact Mr. Robert stated thatthey mad2 it a ooint to re-sell these ata good profit Throu^h the uarantee(Continued on page 54) December 9, 1C22 HARDWARE AND METAL 31
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Upper: General view of the stove, range and heater display in the store of M. Robert & Cie, Montreal, showing theextensive stock carried. Such a display of stock, kept well polished, impresses the customer entering the store. Mr.Robert believes it is unwise lo clutter up the stoves on display with kitchen utensils and such like. Lower: The showroom in the M. Robert & Cie store, Montreal, which is devoted to gas and coal ranges. Herevarious types of ranges may be seen, all easily accessible and attractive in appearance. Such displays helped ma-terially m developing the sale of sixty ranges this fall as noted in this article. Read about the manner in which second hand stoves are dealt with. 32 HARDWARE AND METAL December 9, 1922 Why Those Profits Dont Materialize Wrong Figuring of Percentages Responsible for Many Costly Mistakes by Retail Merchants—Rates for Figuring Percentage on Selling and Cost Price—How to Find Percentages Written for Hardware and Metal by G. W. HAFNER T

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