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 … See more

Table of largest department store flagship or branch stores by sales area
Incomplete list, notable stores of 50,000 m (538,196 sq ft) or more. Individual department store … See more

• Department stores around the world
• List of department stores by country
• Distribution, Retail, Marketing
• History of retailing in the modern era See more

• The rise of the department store in Britain
• A.T. Stewart's
• Tamilia, … See more

Origins in England, 1700s
One of the first department stores may have been Bennett's in Derby, first established as an ironmonger (hardware shop) in 1734. It still stands to this day, trading in the same building. However, the first reliably dated … See more

• Abelson, Elaine S. When Ladies Go A-Thieving: Middle Class Shoplifters in the Victorian Department Store. New York: Oxford University … See more