Department store
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"The cultural shift represented by the department store is also explored in Emile Zola's 1883 novel Au Bonheur des Dames, which describes the workings and the appeal of a fictionalized version of Le Bon Marché."--Sholem Stein |
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A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic appearance in the middle of the 19th century, and permanently reshaped shopping habits, and the definition of service and luxury. Similar developments were under way in each of London (with Whiteleys), in Paris (Le Bon Marché) and in New York (Stewart's).
See also
- List of department stores by country
- List of department stores of the United Kingdom
- List of department stores of the United States
- List of defunct department stores of the United States
- Distribution, Retail, Marketing
- History of retailing in the modern era
- Types of retail outlets
