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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1925)
What Chain Stores Do For A Community Chain stores! These two words have risen to such prominence and importance within recent years, have caused many a furore in small towns, and even in some cities. We say "small towns" because the larger cities have learned to recognize the indispensableness of chain stores and have welcomed and treated them as is their due. But the individual merchant often sees these stores, with their immense capital and purchasing powers, and ultra-modern methods of distribution at lower rates, as competition with a "Huge Cap ital C." But to the knowing this very competition is the. heart and life of the retail trade. The following is an analysis of the advantages to a community having chain stores represented: 1. By their progressiveness they add to the ap pearance of Main Street with an up-to-date build ing, with an attractive and an appealing store front. II. The It. 'A. Pilcher Company entering a city or town come to be a real service to that commun ity, not only in selling dependable merchandise at lower prices, but help in the city affairs by joining the local organizations, and always ready to support any move that will make it a bigger and better city. III. Due to their purchasing power, rapid turn over, with corresponding small stocks, they are able to reduce expenses and pass on this saving to the buying public. IV. By their progressive methods in business they develop real estate, increasing its value and thereby providing additional revenue in real estate taxes for the city, county and state. V. They bring managers and salesmen with fam ilies to a town, and in addition employ local help. VI. They contract for large advertising space and help support the local papres. VII. R. A. Pilcher Company purchased for their local store, the furniture and furnishings; also of fice and store fixtures from Klamath Falls mer chants. VIII. Chain stores are the direct means of bring ing new customers to a town, whereby everybody profits. IX. Chain stores by their progressive methods, are recognized by the large mail order houses as their strongest competitors. X. You can say of chain stores' progressive methods, as the little boy who, when asked why he did not like his course in spelling, replied: 'CaUSe thev ChanFP fhn wnrrfc act fact na Ann , , , , o - " vf ukj 10 mat au M. wail learn them. CONFIDENCE la . Confifence """P" ius. as. important a position in the business world as it does in the social world And by confidence we mean having faith in the other fellow. - such afaiflf Ur n,ercllandise' e faith in us. Our dealings with you will bring rcprese! artic.e is jus, exactly as we only aSSEfflSffi- M not For, as you have confidence in us, so have we confidence in you. R. A. Pilcher Co., Inc.
