Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . ng photographs will show, it ratheradded to this service, making it as nearlyperfect as can be. That was perhapsthe chief item in holding their tradeagainst the competition of the largerLondon stores, but it proved a successfulargument, and the store under the newsystem has found that this service, theservice of giving the goods that the cus-tomer wants, is after all the importantelement in building a solid business. CEYLONS FOREIGN TRADE The United Kingdom leads in the for-eign trade with Ceylon, sharing nearly35 per cent, of the total value of im-ports and e
Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . ng photographs will show, it ratheradded to this service, making it as nearlyperfect as can be. That was perhapsthe chief item in holding their tradeagainst the competition of the largerLondon stores, but it proved a successfulargument, and the store under the newsystem has found that this service, theservice of giving the goods that the cus-tomer wants, is after all the importantelement in building a solid business. CEYLONS FOREIGN TRADE The United Kingdom leads in the for-eign trade with Ceylon, sharing nearly35 per cent, of the total value of im-ports and exports in 1916. The UnitedStates ranked second for the first time,having shared 18 per cent, of Ceylonsforeign trade. In 1915 the share of theUnited States was 13 per cent, and in1914 only per cent. British Indialanked third in 1916, and France rosefrom seventeenth place in 1915 to sixthin 1916, the rise being due to increasedpurchases of Ceylon produce, chiefly tea,rubber, copra, cardamoms, and cinnamon. 80 April 26, Selling Nearly Two Tons of Candy a Year Hinds Brothers, Barrie, Ont., Have Not Been Content to Leave the Profitable Confectionery Line to the Drug Store—A Separate Department For This Trade—How the Business Pays THE confectionery parlor has cometo be looked upon as the naturaladjunct of the drug store, thoughwhy this business should associate itselfmore with that branch of trade than anyother is hard to realize. Looking at itwith a cold unbiased eye it would notseem to be a particularly suitable com-bination; yet so it is, and to the presentvery few grocers have cast their eyesover this profitable field with anythinglike envy. Yet it combines at least aswell with a grocery as with a drug store. Moreover, there are some merchantswho have attempted the combinationwith a degree of success that has posi-tively surprised them. To take a specificinstance, Hinds Brothers, of Barrie, Ont.,have made of this a department that addsa very comfortable little add
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