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Roy Midwinter with teapot he's offering Canadians. Member of British Pottery Mission, in North America to study trends, make sales
Roy Midwinter with teapot he's offering Canadians. Member of British Pottery Mission, in North America to study trends, make sales

Roy Midwinter with teapot he's offering Canadians. Member of British Pottery Mission, in North America to study trends, make sales

Date1/15/1968
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0130852F
Finding trends: As a climatologist, David Phillips works with charts and computerized information at Environment Canada's Atmospheric Service here in Metro
Finding trends: As a climatologist, David Phillips works with charts and computerized information at Environment Canada's Atmospheric Service here in Metro
12/12/1988
John Kettle: Futurist to discuss office issues and trends at conference.
John Kettle: Futurist to discuss office issues and trends at conference.
5/30/1983
Testing the tax: U of T economist Peter Dungan and a colleague concluded in a study that a 9 per cent federal sales tax is likely to push by inflation.
Testing the tax: U of T economist Peter Dungan and a colleague concluded in a study that a 9 per cent federal sales tax is likely to push by inflation.
8/15/1989
Asian treasures: Leonard Schein, director of Toronto's highly successful Festival Of Festivals, has placed a traditional brass Buddha from India and a pair of brass desert teapots from China on the mantel in his living room
Asian treasures: Leonard Schein, director of Toronto's highly successful Festival Of Festivals, has placed a traditional brass Buddha from India and a pair of brass desert teapots from China on the mantel in his living room
8/12/1986
Antique scales are simply office decoration for lawyer James DaCosta, but they are likely to be regarded as very real sales of justice by his visitors. DaCosta, 46, becomes top enforcement officer for the Ontario Securities Commission in September - the man in charge of keeping Bay Streeters in line. He's been a specialist in mining and securities law for many years.
Antique scales are simply office decoration for lawyer James DaCosta, but they are likely to be regarded as very real sales of justice by his visitors. DaCosta, 46, becomes top enforcement officer for the Ontario Securities Commission in September - the man in charge of keeping Bay Streeters in line. He's been a specialist in mining and securities law for many years.
7/29/1975
H. S, (Stan) Bond won't retire although he'll soon be 94. He's too old to renew his driver's license so makes his sales calls via bus and streetcar. Bond thinks today's company managers would do a better job if they were given bonuses for boosting profits. His customer say he knows merchandise well.
H. S, (Stan) Bond won't retire although he'll soon be 94. He's too old to renew his driver's license so makes his sales calls via bus and streetcar. Bond thinks today's company managers would do a better job if they were given bonuses for boosting profits. His customer say he knows merchandise well.
1/4/1973
Super hot dog salesman is Manfred Doblinger president of VS services Ltd., which sold nearly one million hot dogs at Exhibition stadium last year. He may get permission to sell beer this summer but he's not too enthusiastic about the idea. It would be expensive, and - horros - cut down hot dog sales.
Super hot dog salesman is Manfred Doblinger president of VS services Ltd., which sold nearly one million hot dogs at Exhibition stadium last year. He may get permission to sell beer this summer but he's not too enthusiastic about the idea. It would be expensive, and - horros - cut down hot dog sales.
2/21/1978
No sale: Frank Pougnet stands beside the sign he has put up on his Mississauga door to discourage real estate agents from offering to sell his house which backs on to a golf course near Dixie
No sale: Frank Pougnet stands beside the sign he has put up on his Mississauga door to discourage real estate agents from offering to sell his house which backs on to a golf course near Dixie
4/6/1987
Veteran Merchandiser Chuck Drury is heading an ambitious expansion in the catalogue showroom business by Shop-Rite, a division of Hudson's Bay Co. Sho-Rite will open 30 sales rooms next month, several in the Toronto area. More units under banners of Woolco, Cardinal and Consumers Distributing will push sales over $200 million.
Veteran Merchandiser Chuck Drury is heading an ambitious expansion in the catalogue showroom business by Shop-Rite, a division of Hudson's Bay Co. Sho-Rite will open 30 sales rooms next month, several in the Toronto area. More units under banners of Woolco, Cardinal and Consumers Distributing will push sales over $200 million.
8/29/1973
Sales climbing: Upper Canada Brewing Company president Frank Heaps says sales have jumped about 60 per cent since opening in 1985
Sales climbing: Upper Canada Brewing Company president Frank Heaps says sales have jumped about 60 per cent since opening in 1985
4/19/1998
Management of the Westbury Hotel - four women, lanking Gunther Kaufmann, vice-president and general from left: Eileen Savage, sales manager, Ruth Graham, director of marketing and sales, Claudia Burt, hotel manger, and Shirley Jones, director of public relations
Management of the Westbury Hotel - four women, lanking Gunther Kaufmann, vice-president and general from left: Eileen Savage, sales manager, Ruth Graham, director of marketing and sales, Claudia Burt, hotel manger, and Shirley Jones, director of public relations
9/20/1978
All Ready: Toronto retailer Alan Goouch has computers and software in place that will automatically calculate the new federal sales tax and Ontario sales tax on goods sold at his four clothing stores
All Ready: Toronto retailer Alan Goouch has computers and software in place that will automatically calculate the new federal sales tax and Ontario sales tax on goods sold at his four clothing stores
11/16/1999