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department store
Alexander Turney Stuart
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He made customers pay in cash First practiced clearance sale. Removing old stuff by selling at a low price to make space for the new products.
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He compared the pledge of shopping to those of sightseeing. Shopping have been bound up with social display.
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1888, American traveled vienna and Berlin all around Europe.
20 years later, Selfridge was back in Chicago and opened a department store.
glass sheets window displays, attitude.
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The rise of the department store happened at the same time when women were gaining more social rights.
Women spend more time on shopping than men. Difference in preference. Men wants easy parking and short distance. Women prefer worker's friendiness.
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Discussion Question 8. Would you encourage your high school peers to listen to this episode? Should this historical event/person be taught in high school classes? Why? Why not?
I would encourage my peers to listen to this episode. This is a one of the examples of how women gained more rights during 19th century. Women became more part of the society and they often visit the department story which was the city-center.