Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:25 AM 6/19/05 -0400, Victor Rubin wrote: >They are worth a visit just >to look at their "system" of handling customers. A series of overhead >baskets move items from one place to another- absolutely ingenious. I believe that this system was the norm in most large department stores from the 1880's into the 1920's. It went out of fashon for these stores for the same reason that the old grocery-store norm of going to the counter and ordering died out: folks wished to go the stock and pick for themselves the items they wished to order. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505