‘ RETAIL adie ? nomena srcenreasewenete: Aes eae ma Ee <TC MERCHANDISERS’ Once again a record has been set in the number of license holders for game hunting in the United States during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956. Michigan, the only State to record more than a million hunting license sales, retained its lead. An increase of 270,296 hunting license holders 1s responsible for the new record. A total of 14,461,848 licenses were sold for hunting. The hunters paid for tags, licenses, permits and stamps. Based upon the total number of hunting license holders, the leading ten States for 1955-56 were: Michigan New York 1,218,781 California 632,351 975,551 Wisconsin 616,439 932,386 Pennsylvania Ohio 684,377 Indiana 680,460 * BULLETIN oe anne rae NEW RECORD SET IN NUMBER OF HUNTING LICENSE HOLDERS $46,638,220 CLUB . * illinois 528,963 Minnesota 525,141 Tennessee 461,598 * REMINGTON‘S FOUNDER ELECTED TO SPORTING GOODS HALL OF FAME ADVANCED COURSE IN HARDWARE RETAILING DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL RETAIL HARDWARE ASSOCIATION Here are quick facts that hit the highlights of this new university approved correspondence course written specifically for hardware retail salespeople. WHAT IS THE COURSE? It’s a by mail sales training course that can be easily completed in 15 weeks. The Marketing Department of the School of Business, Announcement of Remington’s election to the honor was made at the recent annual meeting of the association. A special plaque, citing the founder of the sporting arms and ammunition company for his contributions to the industry, was presented to E. J. Garrity, Remington Arms’ sales promotion manager, by Mel J. Corrie, president of the association. Eliphalet Remington, II, hand-made a sporting rifle on his father’s farm forge at Ilion, N. Y., in 1816. The gun performed so well many of his neighbors insisted that he make guns for them, thus launching a firm which since has become a leading “producer of sporting arms, ammunition, and industrial tools. endorsed the edu- WHAT DOES IT COVER? It’s an A-to-Z course in hardware retailing —nothing is omitted. Fifteen big volumes contain every phase of store operation __ and it has been translated by educators and sales experts into hardware store language. TwentyTHE COURSE? SPONSORED WHO possible course the make helped urers five manufact by their financial contributions. Remington Arms Company, Inc. is one of the sponsors. The company also assisted in the preparatiom of the gun and ammunition section in the sporting goods volume. WHO The ENROLL? MAY Independent and Eliphalet Remington, IJ, founder of Remington Arms Company, Inc., has been elected to the 1957 Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame sponsored by the National Sporting Goods Association in Chicago. has University, Indiana cational phase of the course and will assist in administering it. Retail course is offered to members, Association Hardware the cost: Retail Store Owner, or Employee Wholesale Manager $20.00 $35.00 Salesman Complete information about the course may be obtained from the National Retail Hardware Association, 964 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. Enrollments are being accepted now. Never before has an undertaking of such tremendous magnitude received such an enthusiastic endorsement . . . enrollments being received by the association are mounting daily. The NRHA valuable to course required exhaustive research, planning and cooperation. The result is a condensed, easily understood course in hardware retailing designed especially for the store employee, but equally or manager. the wholesale salesman, store owner