The first department store was opened in 1846 on Broadway in New York city by an Irish Immigrant named Alexander Stewart where he offered many goods at fixed prices.
(The Great Courses – America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era)
The first department store was opened in 1846 on Broadway in New York city by an Irish Immigrant named Alexander Stewart where he offered many goods at fixed prices.
(The Great Courses – America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era)