A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area … 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 … See more

• Abelson, Elaine S. When Ladies Go A-Thieving: Middle Class Shoplifters in the Victorian Department Store. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
• Adams, Samuel Hopkins (January … See more

Origins in England, 1700s
One of the first department stores may have been Bennett's in Derby, first established as an See more

• Department stores around the world
• List of department stores by country
• Distribution, Retail, Marketing See more

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