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Winnipeg came to town, yesterday, with a three-hour sales pitch for 14-block downtown development
Winnipeg came to town, yesterday, with a three-hour sales pitch for 14-block downtown development

Winnipeg came to town, yesterday, with a three-hour sales pitch for 14-block downtown development

Date11/3/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Winnipeg came to town; yesterday; with a three-hour sales pitch for 14-block downtown development. The Westerners were led by Greater Winnipeg chairman; Jack Willis; left; who said the Western town would become the convention centre of Canada. No way said Toronto Mayor William Dennison; centre; who was asked to speak briefly. Instead he told them all about Toronto the great.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0105330F
Treasure Trove: Sales agent Joanne Haliman and quarry chief Beven Ratcliffe stand in the Adair Marble Quarry, as a worker fits marble blocks on to a house in Torono's luxury Castle Hill development
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6/13/1987
Sales pitch
Sales pitch
1/28/1989
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Jack Ackroyd: Metro Police chief and friends made sales pitch with pizzazz
7/18/1980
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8/12/1968
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Last summer, he sold encyclopedias. This summer, university student Mark Dingman is selling himself - as the first prize in an unusual raffle. Dingman 21, of Toronto, has decided to raffle himself - or more precisely, 16 hours of his time - to make money for school. I wanted to run my own business. This took minimum capitalization and had minimal risk, should it fail, said Dingman, a McGill University student. And it seems like a good skill to learn, to sell yourself. Dingman is going door-to-door with his Student Slaves raffle and a very professional pitch. Tickets go for $1.99 each (or three for $5) and there are 200 in each draw. The first raffle is scheduled for Tuesday and the winner gets Dingman for 16 hours to do anything from cleaning ovens to fixing eavestroughs.
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Working wives are taking over from happy little homemakers as the most influential force shaping retail operations and advertising, according to Toronto adman David Cravit. Women like Carol Anne Calderone, shown with Cravit, are forcing stores to extend hours and change times of clearance sales. Toronto supermarkets are already experimenting with late shopping hours.
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Savings galore were to be had in downtown Toronto Saturday as merchants started their after-Christmas sales
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