A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area … See more

Department stores can be classified in several ways:
• Mainline department store or simply, the traditional department store, offering mid- to high-end goods, most or at least some of the time at the full retail price. Examples are 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 … 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 … 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 … See more