. Canadian forest industries July-December 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Pep, Push and Production How to inject new methods, create trade and increase turnover in the retail lumber game—Some plans which have worked out well and brought home results.. How to increase business is always an interesting theme. Near- ly every retailer likes to do a bigger trade, make more money and have a larger turnover. It is not always easy in these days of stren- uous competition, mail order houses, price-slashing concerns, co- operative bodie
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. Canadian forest industries July-December 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Pep, Push and Production How to inject new methods, create trade and increase turnover in the retail lumber game—Some plans which have worked out well and brought home results.. How to increase business is always an interesting theme. Near- ly every retailer likes to do a bigger trade, make more money and have a larger turnover. It is not always easy in these days of stren- uous competition, mail order houses, price-slashing concerns, co- operative bodies and other disturbing factors, to forge ahead from year to year. New concerns must, however, be met by new plans and trade to-day cannot be carried on with the same equipment and methods of procedure as it was two or three decades ago. Then the retail lumberman could do business in any kind of a tumble down shack. The more dilapidated and antiquated his office, the more pride he apparently took in his environs. His yard was irregularly laid out and lumber carelessly piled, sorted and stored. Sometimes the stock was sound and again it was not. Debris was frequently not re- moved and partially rotted lumber would be piled against a stack of good material. Infection was thus spread by contact with the sound lumber. On the whole, storage facilities were poor and check- ing, warping, decaying and case-hardening rapidly developed. The dealer felt that he handled lumber and every one who wanted any- thing in his line had to come to him anyway to have their needs sup- plied. Nowadays, the office and yards of a progressive retail lumber dealer tell a different story. A more inviting picture is presented and in some premises around the doorway there may be seen plants and flowers of various kinds. Then a number of dealers have show- rooms or display apartments. These are more frequently called "service rooms" and have proved to be big dividend payers. The most alert dispense