Retail trading in Britain 1850-1950 : a study of trends in retailing with special reference to the development of co-operative, multiple shop and department store methods of trading
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Retail trading in Britain 1850-1950 : a study of trends in retailing with special reference to the development of co-operative, multiple shop and department store methods of trading
(Economic and social studies / National Institute of Economic and Social Research, 13)
Cambridge University Press, 2011, c1954
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Note
"First published 1954. First paperback edition 2011."--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. 477-481
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First published in 1954, this volume presents a description and analysis of trends in the structure, organisation and technique of the distributive trades in the United Kingdom from 1850 to 1950. Special attention in the work was given to the growth of large-scale retailing and changes in the character of consumer-demand and shopping habits in the shops themselves and in retailing techniques. The study was intended to provide a contribution to a little-explored aspect of the social and economic history of the British people and to the economics of distribution and of scale in distribution. This book is complementary to the earlier study issued by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research - The Distribution of Consumer Goods (Cambridge, 1950) - which examined the costs and methods of distribution in one year. It will remain of value to anyone interested in the history and development of the British economy.
Table of Contents
- List of tables
- List of charts
- List of plates
- Preface
- 1. The transformation of the distributive trades, 1850-1914
- 2. The distributive trades, 1914-39: the success of large-scale retailing
- 3. The distributive trades in the Second World War and the post-war years, 1939-59: and suggestions as to future trends
- 4. The development of large-scale retailing in different trades, 1850-1950: method of presentation of the data
- 5. The grocery and provisions trade
- 6. The meat trade
- 7. The bread and flour confectionary trade
- 8. The milk trade
- 9. The fruit and vegetables and fish trades
- 10. The chocolate and sugar confectionary trade
- 11. The tobacco trade
- 12. The newspaper, periodical and magazine, stationery and book trades
- 13. The clothing trades
- 14. The footwear trade
- 15. The chemists' and druggists' trade
- 16. The sewing machine, bicycle and perambulator, and radio and electrical goods trades
- 17. The jewellery, toy, sports goods and fancy leather goods trades
- 18. The furniture and furnishings trade
- 19. The household goods and household stores trades
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- General index
- Index of companies and firms.
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