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Stephen Palmer, the new general manager of Convention and Tourist Bureau of Metropolitan Toronto, is a former sales manager who sells his town with words like package and the product
Stephen Palmer, the new general manager of Convention and Tourist Bureau of Metropolitan Toronto, is a former sales manager who sells his town with words like package and the product

Stephen Palmer, the new general manager of Convention and Tourist Bureau of Metropolitan Toronto, is a former sales manager who sells his town with words like package and the product

Date10/28/1971
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0131822F
Like hot cakes: Lou Schroeder, sales manager at Bay Bloor Radio, expects his store to sell 1,000 compact disc players in December
Like hot cakes: Lou Schroeder, sales manager at Bay Bloor Radio, expects his store to sell 1,000 compact disc players in December
12/8/1985
Fat buster: Bill Ruderman, national sales manager for Nacan Products Ltd
Fat buster: Bill Ruderman, national sales manager for Nacan Products Ltd
4/27/1992
Vernon Dollard, president and general manager of Toronto Better Business Bureau, says the bureau will dig up the facts on business promotions, but that anyone who asks it for advice or information will have to do some thinking for himself. Some people, he says, look for favorable answers and will ignore warnings nine times out of ten. Bureau staff is told to stick to facts and not make judgments.
Vernon Dollard, president and general manager of Toronto Better Business Bureau, says the bureau will dig up the facts on business promotions, but that anyone who asks it for advice or information will have to do some thinking for himself. Some people, he says, look for favorable answers and will ignore warnings nine times out of ten. Bureau staff is told to stick to facts and not make judgments.
8/23/1971
Management of the Westbury Hotel - four women, lanking Gunther Kaufmann, vice-president and general from left: Eileen Savage, sales manager, Ruth Graham, director of marketing and sales, Claudia Burt, hotel manger, and Shirley Jones, director of public relations
Management of the Westbury Hotel - four women, lanking Gunther Kaufmann, vice-president and general from left: Eileen Savage, sales manager, Ruth Graham, director of marketing and sales, Claudia Burt, hotel manger, and Shirley Jones, director of public relations
9/20/1978
100 studs: Carson Rivoli, manager of The Rivoli, decorated his jacket with flat studs that spell the words The Saints Cartoon
100 studs: Carson Rivoli, manager of The Rivoli, decorated his jacket with flat studs that spell the words The Saints Cartoon
12/11/1989
H. S, (Stan) Bond won't retire although he'll soon be 94. He's too old to renew his driver's license so makes his sales calls via bus and streetcar. Bond thinks today's company managers would do a better job if they were given bonuses for boosting profits. His customer say he knows merchandise well.
H. S, (Stan) Bond won't retire although he'll soon be 94. He's too old to renew his driver's license so makes his sales calls via bus and streetcar. Bond thinks today's company managers would do a better job if they were given bonuses for boosting profits. His customer say he knows merchandise well.
1/4/1973
Almost had 'em: Rolls-Royce on Bay general sales manager Steve Kastner (foreground) could almost see the color of their money as Wheels writers Carola Vyhnak and Bill Taylor spy a Rolls convertible
Almost had 'em: Rolls-Royce on Bay general sales manager Steve Kastner (foreground) could almost see the color of their money as Wheels writers Carola Vyhnak and Bill Taylor spy a Rolls convertible
5/24/1988
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
Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
10/7/1980
A bomb threat followed realtor Ernest Ferguson's announcement that he was reducing his commission on house sales from 5 or 6 per cent to 4 per cent. The Leaside realtor suspects the call may have come from one of 9,191 other men and women who sell real es
A bomb threat followed realtor Ernest Ferguson's announcement that he was reducing his commission on house sales from 5 or 6 per cent to 4 per cent. The Leaside realtor suspects the call may have come from one of 9,191 other men and women who sell real es
5/14/1976
Biggest In North America, Joe Botting, sales manager of Dufferin Steel, Toronto, stands under one of four 30-ton steel support forms built for new plant of crown-owned Polymer Corp. at Milton, Ont.
Biggest In North America, Joe Botting, sales manager of Dufferin Steel, Toronto, stands under one of four 30-ton steel support forms built for new plant of crown-owned Polymer Corp. at Milton, Ont.
5/9/1972
Car sales manager Henry Turbis fears bad economic news from the auto industry is scaring people away from buying cars - making the industry's health even worse
Car sales manager Henry Turbis fears bad economic news from the auto industry is scaring people away from buying cars - making the industry's health even worse
2/13/1970