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Part IV - Table III shows the extent of the stock of
well-made shoes in the 25 shops Only six shops stocked
half-sizes in all their well-shaped shoes, and 15
shops stocked half-sizes in some of these shoes. Five
shops had three width-fittings or more in ail their
stock of well-shaped shoes, Twelve shops had width
fittings in some of the well-shaped shoes, but only
five of these stocked three or more width fittings

On asking to see two selected shoes as a check on the
stock of the shop at the time of the visit0 only 12
shops could show a narrow-fitting child's shoe, size
10c, and only eight could show a large-size girl's
shoe, size 8 Nineteen shops took one week to obtain
shoes out of stock, three shops took only two or three
days, Twenty-two shops tried to obtain shoes out of
stock for their customers.
Part V« Four children's shoes were described to obtain
the price. The results showed two basic price ranges
The more expensive range was that in which the shoes
had width-fittings In the cheaper range the shoes had
no width-fittings These results are analysed in Table
IV.

Part VI - Table V shows that out of the 25 shops, 14
allowed all their assistants to fit children9s shoes,
eight allowed only some of their assistants to do so,
and one shop had one assistant only who did the fitting
of children's shoes; 16 shops trained all their assistants
to fit children's shoes, and six trained some of
them. Eight shops allowed untrained assistants to fit
children's shoes at busy periods, The training in 16
shops was done by the manager and by a firm in four
shops None of the 25 shops sent their assistants to a