TY - JOUR AB - In the mid‐1960s Stanley Tools introduced a line of curtain hardware in the United Kingdom market which was dominated by Swish, Harrison Drape and other big names. Stanley did no advertising because the demand for curtain hardware generally was well sustained by its big competitors—an example of a company that was first in the market preparing the ground unwittingly for followers. It made many arrangements for shops within shops in leading departmental stores. People came to the store seeking curtain hardware as a result of competitors' advertising but bought Stanley products which they found displayed in the concessions shop. VL - 19 IS - 4 SN - 0275-6668 DO - 10.1108/eb039943 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb039943 PY - 1998 Y1 - 1998/01/01 TI - CLIPPINGS T2 - Journal of Business Strategy PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 6 EP - 7 Y2 - 2024/04/19 ER -