Show British and ana American Shopping Lady Auckland member of or the British Bri- Bri Brit BrIt- ish lab aristocracy and dealer In art curios complains that thal Am American buyers huers bargain bargain bar gain aln and haggle when tho they como come loher to lo her shop on linker Baker str street et They Timey turn turnover turnover over 01 0 timings things anti and when an offer oror of oC 1 C I shillings for Cor a a. l guinea article is refused m walk out omit without buying Possibly they have had bad experience in guinea charges charr- s for Cor l shilling fi articles But ut that the time complaint can be made le 11 and tho time plain blunt term applied to what with wih us S Is designated by hy the the-po- poUto po- po lito Uto euph euphemism ml m of shopping illustrates illus all ni the time difference between English Eng Eng- lish and American merican methods of or retail trade Here tho the entrance 1 of a l customer into a a. shop carries no Implied obligation aton to purchase In tho time case caso of or American J deportment department stores it I may mean only a n desire for Cor a moments moment's dl or to hear an aim advertised sell musical selection 01 or to look at an art gallery l Even ven Inthe in inthe the tIme more exclusive shops shop It may amount at utmost most to time the casual examination exam exam- of or an article artcle with a 1 remote view to buying ure after aftem prices have ha e been heel compared elsewhere The American storekeeper with a l shrewd appreciation tion ton of oC time the curiosity of oC shoppers hopper makes a subtler appeal to their patronage e h by allowing in them every eiery possible 1 liberty erty of or selection without restriction Clerks too insistent In their attentions to customers cus eus- Cus- Cus usually defeat their object bythe by bythe bythe the prejudice their solicitations create If I the old Ild notion noton of ot a shoppers shopper's moral obligation to bu buy and tho time old custom o or n. soliciting purchases at ll counter still obtain In London Loncon It I might be le wise for tOI shopkeepers to do awa away with wih them The Time American dollar has come to hea bea be he bea a large larg-e item in their receipts As s an nn example of ot Its Is Importance It I Is noted notel that W 3 per cent of time the patronage of DC DIl of oC London's leading hotels hotts last year was vas American against 31 3 per cent British Th Time The accounts of or Bond and Begent Regent Be- Be gent gout street streel dealers would probably re real reveal reveal re- re veal al a no les less hess considerable percentage of ot American custom To Invite In rather than tl to discourage this timis trade even o at the cost of oC violating Insular traditions would appear to be good business policy Or do sin London shopkeepers fear that by making concessions concessions concessions con con- con con- cessions to American m demands time the they will vill wil alienate their more conservative e Brit Brit- lab Ish patronage accustomed to and amid dependent de she- pendent on personal attention at the counter count r and not yet educated up iii to our J I Herald I eral free Cree d. d amid ami easy ens New methods methods' Ne New York |