Later the firm will deal with "how the drinks, food and merchandise on-board look."
The firm also dealt in the emerging market for railroad bonds and entered the financial-advisory business.
The order fulfillment strategy has also strong implications on how firms customize their products and deal with product variety.
The right to provide services caters for the firm seeking to enter a new market, or dealing only occasionally across a national frontier.
The firm mainly dealt in handkerchiefs and soon grew into a thriving corporation.
So far, firms have dealt with the problem partly by drawing down their cash reserves.
"It's an issue every firm on Wall Street is dealing with."
The firm is dealing with both the Lewis's and Maxwell funds.
Speaking the language of the country is more important in direct selling than if the firm is dealing through an intermediary.
The firm dealt in 19th- and early-20th-century American and European art.