How Department Stores Are Carried On

BY

W. B. PHILLIPS

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
1901

Contents.

Introduction,[5]
General Principles,[5]
The Management,[10]
The System,[12]
Advertising,[15]
The Buying Organization,[25]
Receiving Goods,[32]
Taking Care of Stock,[34]
Serving Customers,[35]
Exchanging Goods,[38]
Floor Managers and Ushers,[40]
Making out Checks,[43]
Inspecting, Checking and Parcelling Goods,[46]
Collecting Goods for Delivery,[48]
Delivering Goods,[51]
Stables,[54]
Cash Office[57]
Check Office, or Auditing Department,[58]
C. O. D. Business,[60]
The Mail-Order Business,[62]
Catalogues,[73]
Receiving and Opening Mail,[95]
Book-keeping, Buying, Checking, etc.,[100]
Assembling and Packing Mail-Order Goods,[106]
Goods sent by Mail, Correspondence, Paying for Goods, etc.,[110]
Filing Correspondence,[117]
Special Orders,[119]
Returned Goods, Exchanges and Complaints,[121]
Samples,[123]
Keeping Employees' Time,[125]
Employing Help,[128]
Paying Wages,[130]
Watchmen,[131]
General Rules for Employees,[133]
Mechanical Section,[139]