Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-04-29 | Page 14 | Stores Prepare for Suburban Shoppers

STORES PREPARE FOR SUBURBAN SHOPPERS Next Wednesday Will Provide Pro-vide Many New Features on Bargain Counters. Shoppers of the suburbs coming to Salt Lake Wednesday, May 1, to take advantage ad-vantage of the second suburban Wednesday Wednes-day shopping day, will be introduced to bargains such as rarely have been offered during late spring. It was reported yesterday yes-terday from various stores that the bfu gain programme will be exceptionally seasonable with surprises in store everywhere. every-where. Numerous inquiries were made concerning con-cerning the attractions of the suburban shopping day next Wednesday at the headquarters of the retail and wholesale trades department of the Salt Iake Commercial Com-mercial club yesterday. These Inquiries were from suburban shoppers, some of whom happened to be in the city. They said they wanted io tell people whom they knew were preparing to come to Salt Lake Wednesday to make a round of stores offering bargains. Shopping activity for suburban Wednesday Wednes-day represents a movement inaugurated by the Commercial club. Its attending success is assured even by the most critical shopping experts and a group of traveling salesmen in conference at a down town hotel last night reported, after a tour of the suburban districts during the past week, that the value of the day has reached hundreds of suburban shoppers who will take advantage of bargains to be given in Salt Lake every Wednesday. The managers of a number of stores in the down town district reported that a fairly good knowledge of what suburban shoppers want was derived from the suburban sub-urban Wednesday of last week and that features bound instantly to be of jrrip-uing jrrip-uing interest to the suburbanite will grace bargain counters everywhere next Wednesday. An important feature of shopping during dur-ing suburban Wednesday will be as regards re-gards the attention which clerks in stores will give the suburban shopper. It will he the aim to bring about a direct acquaintanceship acquaint-anceship between the cler,k and the suburban sub-urban shopper to the extent that immediate immedi-ate needs may be catered to and that the suburbanite may feet that he is as much at home in Salt Lake as he is in his own little community.