"The one thing we know . . . best is how to run a cash & carry business." There are no charge accounts or sales slips, no alterations or deliveries in Nathan ("Ned") Ohrbach's book on how to run a clothing store. If a dress is not sold in ten days, Ned knocks it down to cost; after another week he cuts it to half the cost (but seldom has to). Last year his two Ohrbach's, Inc. stores on Manhattan's shrill 14th Street, and in Newark, N.J. made a handsome profit of $1,500,000 on close to $40...
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