Quiggle Confesses Signs Draw Customers to Store
Storekeeper Quiggle explains he uses misspelled window signs to mislead customers into thinking they can’t outsmart him. He credits the tactic with boosting business for years.
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1939
Page
7
Storekeeper Quiggle explains he uses misspelled window signs to mislead customers into thinking they can’t outsmart him. He credits the tactic with boosting business for years.
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