These figures would not be topped in the next decade. During this period, Guernsey's negotiations with the firm's creditors probably saved it from collapse. It also established golf and shooting schools in the store. Riders, dog fanciers, skiers, and archers all found every conceivable type of gear. Guns and camping and fishing equipment accounted for 30 percent of the New York store's sales volume in Sales of clothing, shoes, and furnishings accounted for 45 percent.
Catalogue mail orders accounted for about ten percent of business. The New York store remained, of course, the company's flagship. At the close of the s the main floor sported heads of buffalo, caribou, moose, elk, and other big game, stuffed fish of spectacular size, and elephant's-foot wastebaskets. Here were sold a variety of contraptions for indoor and outdoor pursuits. One corner held dog and cat items. The basement was given over to the shooting range, while the mezzanine contained paraphernalia for skindiving, archery, skiing, and lawn games.
Floors two through five were reserved for clothing suitable for any terrain or climate. On floor six was a picture gallery and bookstore concentrating on sporting themes, a watch repair facility, and the golf school, complete with a resident pro. On the seventh floor, the gun room, besides more stuffed game heads, held about shotguns and rifles, constituting the most lavish assemblage of sporting firearms on earth.
The eighth floor was devoted to fishing, camping, and boating, and reserved a desk for the company's fly- and bait-casting instructor, who gave lessons at the pool on the roof. He also handled mail and telephone inquiries on fishing, hunting, and skiing. The fishing section alone stocked about 48, flies and 18, lures. Nevertheless, Guernsey's successor as president, John H.
Ewing, saw no cause for alarm, rejecting the idea of a budget shop or 'splash ads for storewide sales. It also opened small shops in other stores. It also established golf and shooting schools in the s tore. Riders, dog fanciers, skiers, and archers al l found every conceivable type of gear. Guns and camping and fishing equipment accounted for 30 percent of the New York store's sales volu me in Sales of clothing, shoes, and furnishings accounted for 4 5 percent. Catalogue mail orders accounted for abo ut 10 percent of business.
The New York store remained the company's flagship. At the close of t he s the main floor sported heads of buffalo, caribou, moose, elk , and other big game, stuffed fish of spectacular size, and wastebask ets made from elephants' feet.
The store sold an unmatched variety of contraptions for indoor and outdoor pursuits: one corner held dog an d cat items; the basement was a shooting range; and the mezzanine con tained paraphernalia for skindiving, archery, skiing, and lawn games. Floors two through five were reserved for clothing suitable for any terrain or climate.
Floor six had a picture gallery and bookstore con centrating on sporting themes, and there was a watch repair facility and the golf school, complete with a resident pro. On the seventh flo or was the gun room with about shotguns and rifles, constituting the most lavish assemblage of sporting firearms on earth.
The eighth floor was devoted to fishing, camping, and boating, and housed a fish ing instructor who gave lessons at the pool on the roof. He also hand led mail and telephone inquiries on fishing, hunting, and skiing.
The fishing section alone stocked about 48, flies and 18, lures. Guernsey's successor as president, John H. Ewing, saw no cause for alarm, and rejected the idea of a budget sho p or to "splash ads for storewide sales. It also opened small shops in other stores. More tha n 90, bemused customers sifted through the Manhattan store one sum mer day for bargains that included pop-up tents bought so far in the past that no one remembered how to pop them up, boots made of long-ha ired goatskin hide, miniature antique cannons, leather baby elephants , and Yukon dog sleds.
In early the company initiated another gigantic sale. An offbeat newspaper advertising campaign followed, featuring a singl e item, such as hunting shoes, accompanied by diagrams and copy that overwhelmed the reader with product information. To win a br oader range of clientele, the New York store moved its expensive sail boats upstairs from the main floor, expanded its gift and sportswear lines, added a discount clothing shop on the tenth floor, and hired n ew buyers for women's wear.
Nevertheless, the company continued to lo se money under Humphreys and his successor, Hal Haskell, its chief st ockholder. When it closed its doors for good in November , postmortems pointed out the obvious : the company had failed to make the transition from supplying fat-ca t sportsmen of the old school to the skiers, bikers, and backpackers of the s.
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