Hardware merchandising January-March 1911 . -ed, however. To make a real success ofthe department, it is necessary to pos-sess a certain amount of the sportmansenthusiasm. It is wise, therefore, tohave at least one member of the staffthoroughly conversant with sportingtopics. Early spring exhibits should includepractically all lines of goods, which willbe used during the summer. Fishingtackle and anglers supplies of all kindsare a prime consideration, for the fish-erman is about the first in the field. Assoon as the season opens, the angler isout. Climatic rigors never daunt is necessar
Hardware merchandising January-March 1911 . -ed, however. To make a real success ofthe department, it is necessary to pos-sess a certain amount of the sportmansenthusiasm. It is wise, therefore, tohave at least one member of the staffthoroughly conversant with sportingtopics. Early spring exhibits should includepractically all lines of goods, which willbe used during the summer. Fishingtackle and anglers supplies of all kindsare a prime consideration, for the fish-erman is about the first in the field. Assoon as the season opens, the angler isout. Climatic rigors never daunt is necessary, therefore, to be readywith your display as soon as the angleris prepared to look it over. Tennis goods should be placed as nearthe front of the store as possible. Wo-men customers will often call to lookover the stock and a front display is ad-visable for that reason. There are manyways of showing tennis supplies, all ofwhich have some good points. An effec-tive method for showing fine goods is theshow case, although it has certain dis-. advantages in this instance. The high-priced rackets, balls and racket and ballcases can be shown to good advantagein the show case. They can be keptfrom flies and dirt and handling. Butthe first thing that a buyer wants to doin purchasing a tenuis racket is to pickit up, to weigh it, and to swing it andtry its balance. Time can be saved ifthe rackets can be displayed within easy-reach of the buyer. The accompanying diagram shows agood display rack which can be built oflight wood and made an attractive pieceof store furniture. It is six feet long,by 14 inches high and is designed tostand on any counter, occupying its en-tire width. The cross pieces, arrangedin pairs, are 1? inches apart, and aremade of lighter stock than the balanceof the rack. There are seven of thesesets of cross pieces, between which thehandles of the rackets are hung, andeach section holds two dozen height of the rack allows the endsof the handles to just cle
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