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Article: On the Clock: Foot flatterer.(The Business of Life)(Brief Article)
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- Crain's Chicago Business
- Article date:
- December 6, 2004
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Byline: Anne Ford
Mike Chavez, salesman, Hanig's Footwear, 660 N. Michigan Ave.
Salary: On commission.
Years on the job: 13
Duties: Shows customers shoes they ask for-as well as some they don't. "People that wear those pointy shoes, they'll wear 'em too short, and that's when you get bunions, hammertoes. If you show them a different shoe, you've got to fight them for a while.''
Qualifications: Formally: sales experience, training in foot measurement. Informally: a grasp of shopper demographics. Hanig's customers-who often ...
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