Portrait of a Pioneer
A Customer-Centric Approach and Other Enduring Lessons Learned From the Old Sears Catalogs
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Lesson learned: Because of the faith required on the shopper’s part for a transaction by mail, Sears used these types of guarantees to enhance trust levels. Obviously, customer trust was important to this cataloger.
• Loss leaders: In the last eight pages of the catalog—the bargain pages—Sears offered about 300 small items such as spoons and fans, priced at just 2 cents or 6 cents each.
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- Companies:
- Sears Shop At Home
- Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Sang-youb Lee
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