Jun10

brilliant disguise.

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In 1936, a clothing store in Copenhagen, Denmark found itself with an excess inventory of men’s spring and winter coats. To tackle this challenge, the innovative clothier devised a distinctive sales strategy. They constructed a scaffolding around their store building and adorned it with over a thousand overcoats, completely covering the structure from the roof to the sidewalk. This unconventional and eye-catching display captivated the attention of potential customers, resulting in a massive influx of people to the store. The situation escalated to the point where the police had to be called in to manage the crowds. Despite the police’s intervention and subsequent order to remove the display, the resourceful proprietor managed to successfully sell all the overcoats, effectively resolving their overstock issue.

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“we are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”

-charles r. swindoll

 

 

 

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source credit: vintage life

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  18. That gives me an idea for a garage sale. It wouldn’t take much to hang all my junk jewelry, old scarves and bell-bottomed pants etc from the gutters of the garage. And what wasn’t sold ….. could go right in the garbage bin where it should have gone years ago.

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