retail history time line
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History of the<br />
<strong>retail</strong><br />
industry<br />
1880-1970s<br />
• The industrial revolution between the 1870s and 1900<br />
which caused a lot of change when many methods of<br />
hand production were transitioned to machinery. This<br />
transition occurred in 1760 to the mid 1800s and therefore<br />
impacted the late 1800s and early 1900s with the extreme<br />
change as <strong>retail</strong>ers were supplied with useful equiment in<br />
order to make their jobs and lives easier. The invention of<br />
machinery and lighting also helped to develop and<br />
increase the mass production of cheaper products.<br />
• London Co-operative Society opened its first self-service<br />
shop in 1948, known to us today as the co-op.<br />
• The Bullring in Birmingham was the first in town shopping<br />
centre in England to open in 1964 where locals would go<br />
for days out shopping for the whole shopping experience,<br />
it hasn’t changed much since then as people go for days<br />
out to different cities so they can visit different shops and<br />
have a different shopping experience.
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