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The retailing industry has undergone revolutionary changes since World War II, such as the rise of large multiple companies, bigger stores, new technologies, and internationalization. This wide-ranging, three-volume collection traces the evolution of the industry from before the Industrial Revolution to the dramatic changes of the 1990s, and its topics include new retailing methods, out-of-town retailing, town-centre management, and the internationalization of the industry.

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Introduction - perspectives on retail change; retailing in pre-industrial Britain; coming of the mass market; retailing since 1945.

The Retailing Industry

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    A Hardback by John Benson, Professor Gareth Shaw

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 31 December 1998
      ISBN-13 9781860643484
      978-1860643484
      ISBN-10 1860643485
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      Retail and wholesale industries Social and cultural history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The retailing industry has undergone revolutionary changes since World War II, such as the rise of large multiple companies, bigger stores, new technologies, and internationalization. This wide-ranging, three-volume collection traces the evolution of the industry from before the Industrial Revolution to the dramatic changes of the 1990s, and its topics include new retailing methods, out-of-town retailing, town-centre management, and the internationalization of the industry.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction - perspectives on retail change; retailing in pre-industrial Britain; coming of the mass market; retailing since 1945.

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