This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...excellent location can be secured. This is one-half the secret of many an abundant success. Method and System. The young man who lacks order will nineteen times out of twenty fail of success. The merchant ought to cultivate systematic habits in all his affairs. If it is known among his clerks and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...excellent location can be secured. This is one-half the secret of many an abundant success. Method and System. The young man who lacks order will nineteen times out of twenty fail of success. The merchant ought to cultivate systematic habits in all his affairs. If it is known among his clerks and employees that the same hour every morning will find him in his store or counting-room, this very fact will infuse punctuality throughout the house. The work should be systematically distributed among the clerks and each article of goods should have its special place, convenient of access and ready to handle. If there are crowds of customers there is not likely to be much dust on the goods but the clerk whose time is not full and who allows the dust to accumulate should be bounced. Every moment of his time should be used either in selling or in re-arranging goods, in scattering dust, or in soliciting trade. The young man who has an opportunity to work and who doesn't work doesn't deserve success. Th change system should be so complete that customers will not be kept waiting. The clerks should be so thoroughly familiar with their stock that all reasonable questions can be answered promptly. In our largest and most prosperous business houses the work is divided and sub-divided into departments; a man is placed in charge of each special line of goods; he is under instructions to see that his stock is in every sense up-to-date; he must keep to the front such articles as are likely to attract custom; remnants and dead stock instead of being put out of reach on a top shelf are carefully sorted, specially bargain marked, and so displayed as to be easily worked off. Nearly every mercantile failure finds about half the stock so old and shop-worn and dusty...
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