伍渥斯本来只是一家五金行的店员,每年盘点存货时,都发现店里囤积了许多早已过时,甚至无法再使用的货品,金额高达数千美元。 “我们举办一次大拍卖,”他向店主建议,“把旧的货品都卖掉” 店主拒绝他的想法,但是伍渥斯并不死心,他极力说服店主,最后店主只同意他试卖一些非常旧的存货。他们在店里摆了一个长桌子,放在上面的每一种东西,标价都是一角钱。东西很快就卖光了,店主让伍渥斯进行第二次拍卖,仍然抢购一空。 Woolworth was originally a hardware clerk who, each year inventories, found that the store hoarding a lot of outdated or even unusable goods, the amount up to thousands of dollars. “We held a big auction ” He suggested to the owner, “The old goods are sold ” The owner rejected his idea, but Wu Woosi did not give up, he tried hard to convince the owner, the owner only agreed with him Try selling some very old stock. They put a long table in the shop and put everything in it, the price is a dime. Things soon sold out, the owner for Wu Woosi second auction, still snapped up.