Selling Home Furnishings: A Training Program

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Selling Home Furnishings: A Training Program

by Roscoe R. Rau, Walter F. Shaw

EN·~9 hours·16 chapters

Chapters

16 total
1

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

0:17
2

SELLING HOME FURNISHINGS A Training Program

2:51
3

FOREWORD

7:36
4

Unit I THE SALESMAN AS A BUSINESS BUILDER

24:17
5

Unit II TECHNIQUE OF SALESMANSHIP

23:11
6

Unit III SALESMANSHIP APPLIED

41:46
7

Unit IV STYLE AS A SELLING FACTOR

1:03:59
8

Unit V FURNITURE WOODS—THEIR ORIGIN AND USE

45:31
9

Unit VI SELLING SLEEP EQUIPMENT

47:45
10

Unit VII AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ART OF INTERIOR DECORATION

52:49

Description

This training program offers a clear, step‑by‑step walk through the world of home‑furnishing sales. Listeners will learn why the role of a salesperson is more than a transaction, and how a solid grasp of styles, materials, and customer psychology can turn a showroom into a place of discovery. The early sections lay out the fundamentals of the trade, from setting sales objectives to conducting the first interview, and they stress the importance of daily inventory checks and honest communication.

Later units expand into the visual and tactile aspects of the business. You’ll hear practical advice on identifying different woods, explaining the value of craftsmanship, and matching mattresses, drapes, and decorative accessories to a client’s lifestyle. The program also introduces basic interior‑decoration principles – colour, lighting, and room arrangement – so you can guide buyers toward cohesive, appealing spaces. Throughout, short discussion questions and reading suggestions keep the material engaging and ready for immediate classroom or team use.

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Language

en

Duration

~9 hours (552K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2015-07-07

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

Roscoe R. Rau

Roscoe R. Rau

Best known for a practical 1941 training guide on furniture retailing, this little-documented writer helped turn salesmanship and home-furnishings knowledge into a structured course for store workers and self-study readers.

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Walter F. Shaw

A practical mid-20th-century business writer, best known for a straightforward guide to starting a business and for coauthoring a federal training manual on selling home furnishings. His surviving works suggest a clear, instructional style aimed at helping everyday readers build useful skills.

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