Word: retailing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Society was organized in March, 1882, being the outgrowth of discussions in the college papers and at public meetings upon the prevailing high prices of students' necessaries. The need of an organization that could furnish many goods at prices only slightly above first cost, and many others at fair retail prices, was so generally felt in college that there was not wanting sufficient enthusiasm to start, at once, a store partially stocked, and managed by directors chosen from the students and instructors, the Directors providing plans for work and a business manager. From a very small beginning the business...
...this is added the obvious advantage, which members alone have of securing discounts on cash purchases at leading retail stores in Boston. The experience of the past five years makes it safe to say that the member is very exceptional who cannot save several times his membership fee in transactions with these affiliated retail dealers...
...prices will be as much below retail as past transactions in this line indicate...
...prices will be as much below retail as past transactions in this line indicate...
...prices will be as much below retail as past transactions in this line indicate...