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 … 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

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 buildings or complexes of buildings. Does not include shopping centers (e.g. 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

• 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 1897). "The Department Store". Scribner's Magazine. XXI (1): 4–28. … See more

• The rise of the department store in Britain
• A.T. Stewart's
• Tamilia, Robert D. (2011). The Wonderful World of the Department Store in Historical Perspective: A Comprehensive International Bibliography Partially … See more