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Tna Cartton Street he id office has become too to accommodate rapid growth mart Bursting at tha seams are moving to a new location In tha CJty of Tha building at of Highway Torbrsm Road formed by lour that make a Tahape outer module contain pit I out office open ecretaria1 and temple room In thacora module it a cafeteria comfortable lounoe board too mi and a ping receiving area S pacta I attention ha been given to energy conservation Tha building I extremely wall In tula ted It With a minimum uta of til pi glaied window Each office ha Individually thermoatat for complete employ comfort Tha attractive tan and colour scheme I the at the nearby Dittribulion Cantra Opened In 1975 It Is a complex and system Detlgned to be fully computet lied the advantage are enormous Storage Is more practical and of merchandise more efficient Once an order I received from store it is Shipped within hour Speedy delivery mean our it out are alway wall stocked Roland Lawson Kmart Corporation Canada I am happy to be a part ofK mart at a time when it has gone through its most dynamic changes Our program s success is mainly due to the hundreds of dedicated employees We work as a team Salespeople stockroom workers store managers buyers and office staff have all contributed greatly Our business recognizes individual achievement and we pride ourselves on having a large number of long term employees The Company changed its name to mart Corporation in 1977 and I am honoured to tiepart of the family I want to sincerely everyone for their tremendous effort Congratulations for over 30 years of dedicated service f years service VIOLA OLIVER years service GERTRUDE CADDELL 45 years service ELIZABETH H J 44 years service JEANNE COX 43 years service DOROTHY 42 years service J B NEWTON D years service R L ROUSSEAU years service years service C A 38 years service A A years service ALICE DUNCAN 36 years service JOAN RICKARD 35 years service MARIE LAMB BLANCHETTE 33 years service P 32 years service E S GLUTA G GRADE EN MARY ANN NEALON MARGARET CAVANAGH 31 years service J S J S PETERS R EDWARDS J PEARCE R BELLAMY W J LAMB J F RUTH HENDERSON 30 years service R CORNELL T A MILLS J SOOLEY MORTON NEIL KENNEDY A giant step forward The birth of l Chang ng life stylos mean new shopping habits Through the has kept a watchful eye on world market It was discovered that today consumer is more astute than over Low prices are a must when trying to keep a balanced budget But now consumers also demand bettor quality for their money Modern merchandise is a So a brand now concept was designed to give the consumer a real break That a why mart was born Located in the suburbs K mart provides shoppers with department store merchandise for discount prices What makes Kmart unique is the convenient layout All your purchases can be made on one floor under one roof Everything from spark plugs to tiros hosiery to complete outfits curtain rods to furniture skates to bikes hairpins to stereos end more Years ago the people went to work getting ready for mart Salesmen wore trained to handle now merchandise and discount prices were established To op it off we Included famous name brandstho same products that other stores sell- but we discount the prices When customers seo our red and blue logo they know may are buying quality merchand Since K mart name brands first came on the market in ovary item has been tested to ensure that the quality is equal or others on the market A testing laboratory in the States is available to our buyers But we do not always need sophisticated methods to test our products For example the mart Battery was certified in the homos of our K mart Brand Committee The May 1978 Toronto Star Price Watch feature by Marilyn Anderson found the K mart battery to be the best buy of all carbon batteries tested How can mart continue to discount prices without going broke We carry quality merchandise in a specifically limited range Instead of stocking a wide variety of types our buyers pick out the products which best represent each market They know what sells they reexports This means rapid turnover and less storage pile up Then we turn these gams over to the customer K mart added good old fashioned satisfaction guaranteed to make a winning combination that tough to beat A combination that puts K mart ahead of most retail companies Tho Kmart seed was planted years ago Tho idea quickly flowered and now there are K marts flourishing across Canada Every year consumers seo progress Stores constructed in new communities provide better shopping facilities Because we are so price competitive many surrounding establishments keep a close eye on their prices mart also goes in for periodical We test new fixtures displays and lighting Our se assortment will always be improving mart a store built to keep up with the times And wo think that important because we know our customers expect it When the K mart program first got off the ground the extent of its success was not anticipated Frank Leier Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Fifteen years ago we thought only a few stores would open Now there are 103 K marts in Canada with no end in sight Mr an employee of 38 years has witnessed the maturing of the company ment Training Program has given mart the reputation of being a producer of well trained people Now it has been updated because employees start with a better education Mr Leier explains In a Kmart store there is a full stockroom staff so the trainee starts an auxiliary man He learns each facet of the operation and if he has potential he goes into the assistant managers program Advertising is another area which has expanded immensely Along with numerous flyers and newspaper ads distributed across the country television and rddio commercials provide an excellent guide for the shopper Michael Clarke Senior Vice President Store Operations and Management says We are aggressive merchandisers and equally aggressive in recruiting high calibre people This ensures the growth and strength of the company Trainees come from all over the country In areas where there are many K mart stores the local colleges interview candidates for our manage training program Each new store opening is looked upon as an opportunity and responsibility to develop future management Mr Clarke started in 1946 as a stockman in Kingston Ont He has been a store Manager District Manager and Vice President of Personnel We have a higher capacity computer inaK mart store than we did 20 years ago in our head office says William Moffat Sr Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Obviously there have been a lot of changes We were one of the first retailers Canada to have a computerized merchandising system The twin IBM 360 s perform many functions which speed up delivery of orders and monitor stocks and prices Thereis also a system for accounts payable payroll and sales reporting The computer in the new head office will be four Our buyers will have video screens which link up to the mam computer Half the mart stores have microcomputers Orders are pro cessed overnight and transmitted to head office In the future computers will take on more jobs and will be installed in all mart an d large stores VALUEPRICED MERCHANDISE- the men who make it possible bMt foe boat MttthandfcM Dapartmania fane- Hon Our that mart mariMt to offer timet nflt of quality After year the company Gerard now Merefeandn Managar Textile Apparel at that van mart tha In question And that Import department ekjrrty Canaeftafttnarfa Waabo Import have the meat value- Our world wide port office at ran by mart personnel who tew Interest of consumer at heart Nortwrt Vice ftaai- a a In drat Canadian store attafi Out people baa mad ma proud to a mart employee during the mMa Amtvartary Krees low priced peer and Harold yotrt top power amao