Hardware merchandising October-December 1910 . others for It, an 1still others for Them. This asso] t ine aas often been done in advertising, and sometimes in window;m,| ceuntei dfsplay. You can do behind the counter. Instead of actinn a-- a mere ;,ut omaton. handing dow nthe one thine; Mr. liiuer first asks for,find out for what class of person he35 intends his gift, and suggest otherlines. Do it politely, gently, hesitantly,if you will—but suggest. And widen your range of suggestionto the utmost. Dont be satisfied withthe conventional Christmas lines. Lookover all your stock, and see
Hardware merchandising October-December 1910 . others for It, an 1still others for Them. This asso] t ine aas often been done in advertising, and sometimes in window;m,| ceuntei dfsplay. You can do behind the counter. Instead of actinn a-- a mere ;,ut omaton. handing dow nthe one thine; Mr. liiuer first asks for,find out for what class of person he35 intends his gift, and suggest otherlines. Do it politely, gently, hesitantly,if you will—but suggest. And widen your range of suggestionto the utmost. Dont be satisfied withthe conventional Christmas lines. Lookover all your stock, and seek for every-day articles that have, a Christmas side. You cant cram a natural gas ser-vice into a (hristmas stocking; yeta gas company in a Western Ontariotown has for weeks past handed out aconvincing line of talk on this immenseconvenience as a Christmas gift to thetired housekeeper. Another man in thesame town says : Give your wife as aChristmas present a contract to havehsir housecleaning done by vacuumcleaner the year These are. Why Nol Give a Useful Present Likea banging lamp. everyday thfngs ; yet, at in thisway, they have a Christmas side. Your everydaj helves or your eyery-daj plumbing shop or your everydaytinshop may bave dozens of similar ideas to oiler on the subject of Christ mas gifts gifts whose unconventional ity appeals to tin1 jaded mind of thebuj err t ired of t be monotonj and dupli cation that always comes of buying the .mm old. porivjenticnal things. And,having discovered new things, suggestthem. WIn i] jou mate buying easier foithe buyer, you make selling easier loryourself. HARDWARE AND METAL LOc advance in sonic —lc Canada Plates.—10c advance. CANADIAN METAL MARKETS See Itemized Market Quotations on Page 66. MARKETS IN BRIEF. istics as to consumption and supply there has been more heavy bulling. Copper.—Copper remains is a fair demand and inquiresseem to be improving. This lo
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