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Show DIG BUSINESS. "nig business Is swallowing u; 1:' lie business, and apparently no one . is stretching forth a Hand to choke otf the octopus." That is the first sentence sent-ence in a recent article In Ceorgl Grocer. And it h ty;.val of the cry mat ii goir.g up fiom more and moi tus'nss w riters and speakers. But wa'.. ! There is no cession to go h:-.j- wlr-s over this: tot r p.-.tT-st.-l' K; ; Progress is always U:-? '.,'' "; movements, with f o to ('Xtrj nr:-;. I.. eir c'Tpelu",' Pl:' t'hcv'. innt'T ' e.f a pendulum. '.'.t. fr: about ' end of this swing, and ttv reiur:; movements wrich ?o to extreme::, i: '.Vines evident that chain?, f-.r ii:-r.tarce ii:-r.tarce sv.irg a ' club w Inch demands de-mands and receives prefeieniial prices and services,' and that thoir tendencies are' monopolistic, the plo will turn from these un-AmorJe n Ideas. Individual retailers can a:--ce.ssfully combat the unfair mono :V-Islic :V-Islic tactics of as-'srorate we.rd-h ' v co-ordinf.tion of efforts. And finally ( in retail merchandizing personality Is a dominant factor that can never to eliminated. The only thing big business busi-ness can drive out is inefficiency. r New West Trade. |