Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-08-21

customers. A re-arrangement or the |
store stopped this and saved about
two hours of each clerks wasted
time each day-about 5000 worth OF
time In a year. considering the sever
al clerks. This time, which cost
money. wars profitable used.
Arrangement of Goods.
A stationer was making big dis
play Of scratch pads for the child
ren, the day before school opened.
When he came in from HIS lunch he
stopped to look in at HIS window and
noticed the absence Of pencils. I'm
mediately he went in and caused
pencil to be placed alongside each
pad
This suggested the connection be-
tween other goods On investiga-
ton he found that scores Of items
were not in their proper places in
the store. He had them placed in
an Arrangement where the custom
er who bought one item would see
the many other that might be need
ed in the same line. This saved
great deal of walking for the clerks
and helped each kind OF goods to sell
the others.
Store Alterations.
Special Sales, special displays OF
goods, the rearrangement Of the de-
partment and offices, repairs. etc,
will cause numerous little carpenter
jobs in the store.
These little jobs are the source Of
considerable leaks.
Some carpenters can put in lot
of time on a little job. and, If the
changes are not properly time. the
employees of the store are often com
PEELED to waste much of their time,
paid for by the store.
Extravagant Use of Supplies
Sales books. report blanks. office
stationery, statement forms, blank
books, pens, inks and pencils, etc,
cost neat little sum in the course
% wear. A big saving can be %
fected by the proper care and leak
is pretty apt to follow lax methods.
Careless Packing of Goods
Goods which have to be delivered
to the customers require care in the
packing. Much merchandise is dam
aged or entirely spoiled by poor
packing. Some money is wasted in
the course of a year through the use
of bigger boxes than is necessary
and through the waste in the time
of packing-time which is paid for
with good money and which is saved
could be used for other work.
Lost Containers.
Baskets, boxes, egg crates, used
for delivering goods cost money. The
number lost during. the year usually
amounts to a serious leak.
Wasted Twine, Paper Bags Etc.
Even in little stores the cost of
twine, paper bags. ETC., in a year
will amount to a neat little sum. A
careless employe can easily cut big
slice off the profits by wasteful
use of these supplies.
Clerks Mistakes
Clerks who are working at small
salaries are usually careless, inef-
ficient and thoughtless. They make
enough mistakes any time. but If
tired they make more.
Unless the work under direction
of system which makes their work
pretty near mechanical, and close
check is put on their mistakes, they
will likely do as much harm as they
will good.
Dissatisfied Customers.
A regular customer is worth from
$40 to $50 year to the average re-
tail store. Some customers are
worth great deal more. some of
them a great deal less.
1t is very easy to drive customers
away. Often it is hard to get them.
1t is easy to lose a big amount Of
money through the careless handling
of customers.
Breakage and Spoilage of Merchan-
i disc
careless employee will spoil a
large amount of merchandise in a
year. cutting deep into the profits.
Even careful employee is pretty
sure to spoil some.
Depreciation of Merchandise
! Certain goods will shrink in their
size. others in weight. These facts
must be taken into consideration
both in the buying and selling. Do
not buy too much Be sure the sell