Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://superindex.lbr.auckland.ac.nz/handle/123456789/65522
Title: The new venture, Part 1
Authors: Inkson, Kerr
Kolb, Darl
Issue Date: 5-Dec-2013
Abstract: In 1907 Robert Laidlaw left Dunedin and went to live in Auckland. At the end of 1908 he resigned from his job as a traveling salesman to pursue his mail-order dream on a full-time basis. The business was planned according to the best, most professional advice Laidlaw could find. He created a customer list from postal directories. He sourced over 2,000 items for his first catalogue. He strategised the use of 'loss leaders' to build a customer base
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/65522
ISBN: 9781877258244
Appears in Collections:Business Case Studies

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