Primary Factors Responsible for the Present Business Standing of the Northern Wholesale Hardware Company
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Date
1939-06
Authors
Hayman, Paul E.
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University of Oregon
Abstract
It is the purpose of this thesis to show what factors are responsible for the success and development of the Northern Wholesale Hardware Company, a cooperative retail buying association. It may be well to point out these factors by determining to what extent, if at all, the whole cell functions of selling, buying, credit, delivery, and storage are performed by this company; And, also, to further the appraisal by pointing out its advantages and disadvantages. The history and present status of the cooperative retail buying association movement is first described in developing this thesis. This is followed by a discussion of the history, organization and wholesale functions performed by the Northern Wholesale Hardware Company. In each chapter on the wholesale functions of this company a comparison is drawn with drug and grocery cooperatives, as well as others in the hardware field. The material for this thesis was obtained from several sources. Much of it was gathered through members and officials of the company by questionnaires, private interviews, and correspondence. A second source was books and magazine articles on cooperative wholesaling. As a final source, such material as the Federal Trade Commission reports, information obtained from other governmental agencies, and interviews with regular wholesale hardware firms was utilized in the formulation of this study.
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102 pages
Keywords
cooperative wholesaling, cooperative retail buying associations