Word: robbinses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since some customers have no special skills, Robbins sells a "Martini Trophy" that practically anybody can own. Made of jeweler's bronze, it is a cup and spigot that dispenses drinks, costs only $35.
Into a glittering trophy shop in Dallas recently came a man who could scarcely hide his embarrassed and expectant smile. "Look," he said, "you probably don't have what I want, but make it up especially for me. My wife and I have been trying to have a baby...
The trophy business, which in the past thrived almost wholly on orders from schools and sports organizations, nowadays gets lots of orders for kooky conversation pieces. It has broken through the specialty barrier into the gimmick field so well that Bruce Robbins' stores alone gross more than a million...
More legitimate is the use of trophies by business firms, which have discovered that there is nothing like an engraved prize for the mantelpiece to urge a slow-moving salesman out of his atrophy. "Cash," says Robbins, "is getting to be passe for rewarding efforts. A lot of people want...
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