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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1916)
LBál & à 2I Will 3 0f 0ur Net P r o f 51 Be Divided Among Our C u s t o m e r S c IV lilC I Sh#nld Accrue From Which A During The Coming Year E Every Customer Will Be A Stockholder Under Ocr Here Is Our Proposition 'phis is a new plan to reduce the high cost of living and cannot help but prove a success, not only to this store but to our customers. Qoginning January 1st, 1917. • this store will adopt the Prof it Sharing Policy, which means that two-thirds of the net profits of the busmess will be divided among the customers. ^ two-thirds profit on the average sale, amounts to about 10% and this 10% will be given to the customers in CASH. p h e store will retain one-third of the net profit as its share. J f it meets with the success we predict, it is reasonable to suppose that we will do about an $80,000. gross business during W ' believe that under careful management, we can con duct the business at an expense of about $5,600. p h e remaining ’ balance of about $12,000. would there fore be divided $8,000. among our customers and $4,000. to the store. p h e average family expends about $400. per year, for merchandise which can he pur chased through our store, the cash dividend to the customer on this column of purchases, would be $ 19 . sphere will naturally be a certain amount of small trade from transient and other trade, that will not bother to ask for Profit Sharing tickets, the profit on this business will go to the ion: regular customers and the store. p h e r e is about 22". profit on p rofit Sharing tickets will be the average line of mer issued on all purchases, chandise. which will amount to these tickets to be surrendered* about $17,600. January 1st and following the o4re You With Us annual inventory about February 20th. the cash dividend will be made to all customers, based upon thteir gross purchases for the year. p h e adoption of this Profit Sharing Policy will naturally guarantee that purchasers will buy their supplies, where they can save at least 10% in cash. the expenses of conducting the business will remain about the same during any year, naturally the larger the gross sales of the year, the larger percentage of profit that will be divided. not start in the New Year by becoming a profit sharing partner in this business? ^ n yth in g which is not perfect ly plain in this Profit Sharing Plan we will gladly give further particulars, when you call at the store, for this is a straight business proposition, we will make our profit and you wil make yours. A:, whv East Clackamas Supply Company Estacada, Oregon