35 - Wednesday, Aprii 5, 1989 - North Shore News

BUSINESS

Toy...
company
awarded

NORTH VANCOUVER’S
B.C. Playthings, a retail toy.
and preschool supply com-
pany, recently won a mer-
chandising achievement
award for department pro-
motion in the 1988 Interna-
tional Merchandising
Achievement Awards Com-
petition, sponsored by Play-

things Magazine. .
B.C. Playthings ‘ co-owner

business
briefcase :

Michael Becker

The. award: is the second the |
company has won in the annual ~
competition.. B.C. Playthings won
an.award of merit for store pro- co \- Z * Lasts longer,
motion in 1985, _- / 2 ‘ ; needs fewer
. The winning entry in this year’ 3. repairs and

U6 costs less to
service
© No. 1 preferred
brand*
¢ Large capacity

Inc. has inked. a deal with Mac’s
convenience stores to place fax
terminals into Mac’s outlets coast
to coast.

The machines are credit-card ac-
tivated. Instafax president, Gay
Gadbois envisions the machines .
appealing to small business opera-
tors and anyone without ready ae. :
cess to a fax machine le . has —r e *
targeted shopping malls as another J ae . No 1 preferred brand .
likely venue for the service. y 1 © Dependability proven in
geattd ,Gadbois: “There’s nia big } P he : commercial laundries

lemand for this service. Marke Ss . .
studies reveal fewer than 25 per mi nN * All fabric drying
cent of Canadian, businesses, own t ae 7 ¢ Stain resistant
fax machines and under 12 per . . A
cent own them in the U.S.” / porcelain enamel top

In addition to the send-and-

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+ Only 27%" wide ” dishes cleaner
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RENTAL INCOME? . i
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been made. It will cost you =’ fa . .
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-& ASSOCIATES LTD. ‘
Wag tONSDALE AVE NORTH VAN 7

987-3338