...). Competition also affects q_i and s_i, as do consumer incomes and preferences. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Retail history Critical thinking Consumer shopping theory Geographic breakeven theory Chain stores Department stores Mail-order houses...

... case study. Findings Gilbreth brought her psychologically enlightened brand of scientific management to Macy's Department Store in New York City in the mid‐1920s; she accomplished early marketing research for Johnson & Johnson in 1926; and she designed model kitchens in the late 1920s and 1930s...

... of anti‐trust legislation and rarely taking into account laws operating at state or municipal levels [1] (Bean, 1996 ; Palamountain, 1955). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Business history Economic history Retailing United States of America Department stores Writing...

...Tracey Deutsch; Beth Kreydatus Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the experiences of a significant group of retail employees, specifically the African‐American operations and service workers that worked behind the scenes in department stores during the Jim Crow era, defined here...

...Tracey Deutsch; Steven B. Bunker Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the origins and the business model of department stores in Mexico between 1891 and 1910. Design/methodology/approach Primary and secondary source material support an historical and comparative study of retailing...

...Tracey Deutsch; Vicki Howard Purpose Focusing on the early development of the three major forms of local advertising employed by independent department stores across the USA – newspapers, radio, and television – this paper examines continuity in the industry's commercial use of new technologies...