Department stores can be classified in several ways:
• Mainline department store or simply, the traditional department store, offering mid- to high-end goods, … 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 … 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
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• The rise of the department store in Britain
• A.T. Stewart's
• Tamilia, … See more