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Getting in the spirit: New York consultant Peter Glen, left, told Toronto-area retailers to offer shoppers displays that are active, entertaining and radical for the holiday season
Getting in the spirit: New York consultant Peter Glen, left, told Toronto-area retailers to offer shoppers displays that are active, entertaining and radical for the holiday season

Getting in the spirit: New York consultant Peter Glen, left, told Toronto-area retailers to offer shoppers displays that are active, entertaining and radical for the holiday season

Date9/30/1982
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Hopeful sing: Shoppers like these are boosting sales for Canada's retailers after a weak first-quarter performance
Hopeful sing: Shoppers like these are boosting sales for Canada's retailers after a weak first-quarter performance
12/27/1983
Retailer expands: Canadian Tire chairman Hugh Macaulay, left, told the annual meeting the company is moving into new fields that provide greater convenience for shoppers
Retailer expands: Canadian Tire chairman Hugh Macaulay, left, told the annual meeting the company is moving into new fields that provide greater convenience for shoppers
5/4/1989
Collecting Tax for the Ontario government without pay has been a sore point with retailers, says Harry Botnick, a Yonge St. jeweller. He'll get $20 to $25 a month under the new budget for the couple of hours a month he spends totalling the tax.
Collecting Tax for the Ontario government without pay has been a sore point with retailers, says Harry Botnick, a Yonge St. jeweller. He'll get $20 to $25 a month under the new budget for the couple of hours a month he spends totalling the tax.
4/8/1975
Alan Goouch: His new Cumberland St. store carries Save The Retailers T-shirts.
Alan Goouch: His new Cumberland St. store carries Save The Retailers T-shirts.
7/23/1992
Mixed bag: Under new policy, retailers may offer merchandise in imperial measure, but must show the equivalent in metric
Mixed bag: Under new policy, retailers may offer merchandise in imperial measure, but must show the equivalent in metric
1/30/1985
Above, Esther Cherry and her husband, Harold, head a dynasty of successful retailers. She wears a peach colored silk jersey dress with beaded satin epaulettes, set off by a diamond pendant and orchid wrist corsage.
Above, Esther Cherry and her husband, Harold, head a dynasty of successful retailers. She wears a peach colored silk jersey dress with beaded satin epaulettes, set off by a diamond pendant and orchid wrist corsage.
5/9/1983
Innovator: Toronto urologist Dr. Mel Sutton worked painstakingly for three years to perfect the microscoop he displays here. The delicate surgical tool offers new hope to men who've been sterilized by vasectomy operations, but now want families, by taking the uncertainly out of the reversal operation and making it an easier task for surgeons.
Innovator: Toronto urologist Dr. Mel Sutton worked painstakingly for three years to perfect the microscoop he displays here. The delicate surgical tool offers new hope to men who've been sterilized by vasectomy operations, but now want families, by taking the uncertainly out of the reversal operation and making it an easier task for surgeons.
9/12/1981
Open season: As Nintendo video games and the Ninja Turtles wane in Popularity, they leave room for other toys to find a market segment, retailers say
Open season: As Nintendo video games and the Ninja Turtles wane in Popularity, they leave room for other toys to find a market segment, retailers say
11/6/1991
Turning on that famous smile, Mary Tyler Moore gives Shoppers Drug Mart president Herb Binder, left, and chairman and CEO David Bloom a sculpture for helping to raise $1.4 million for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
Turning on that famous smile, Mary Tyler Moore gives Shoppers Drug Mart president Herb Binder, left, and chairman and CEO David Bloom a sculpture for helping to raise $1.4 million for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
6/2/1997
Below: Business consultant Peter Fentum wears glen check linen suit with a buttoned cotton shirt.
Below: Business consultant Peter Fentum wears glen check linen suit with a buttoned cotton shirt.
7/31/1991
Custom cut: Arthur Frderico, Toronto branch manager for Reilly Lock, displays some of the locks and keys his company offers including an $8 pick-proof deadbolt. Reilly's sales which last year reached $1.5 million are on the increase this year as homowners
Custom cut: Arthur Frderico, Toronto branch manager for Reilly Lock, displays some of the locks and keys his company offers including an $8 pick-proof deadbolt. Reilly's sales which last year reached $1.5 million are on the increase this year as homowners
7/29/1982
Be prepared: No smart family will be without four incomes in the 1980s, Peter Pekar, a Chicago consultant told his audience of planning executives yesterday
Be prepared: No smart family will be without four incomes in the 1980s, Peter Pekar, a Chicago consultant told his audience of planning executives yesterday
3/12/1980