ERIC Number: EJ211259
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1979
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Why Not Rent a Truck to Pick Up Textbooks?
Crossland, Stephen K.; Tubbs, Randahl L.
College Store Journal, v46 n5 p70-71 Aug-Sep 1979
High freight costs stimulated the idea of renting a truck to pick up publisher textbook orders. Benefits, including lower cost per 100 pounds of freight and scheduling when there is room to receive cartons and crew to process the books, outweigh the problems encountered. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Stores, Costs, Higher Education, Merchandising, Publishing Industry, Retailing, Service Vehicles, Textbooks, Transportation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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