The Emergence of Modern Retailing 1750-1950

The history of retail business development is an under-researched area. This book considers the emergence and development of modern retailing from an historical and management perspective in the period 1750-1950, addressing the need for further research and providing examples of current research activity. It considers the early emergence of retail forms in the late eighteenth century, the evolution of retail forms in the nineteenth century, and the late adaptation of retail management in the early twentieth century.

Introduction: the emergence of modern retailing, 1750-1950, Nicholas alexander, Gary Akehurst. Consumer-owned community flour and bread societies in the 18th and early 19th centuries, Joshua Bambield; changes in provincial retail practice during the 18th century, with particular reference to central-southern England, Christina Fowler; stocking the store - co-operative retailers in north-east England and systems of wholesale supply, circa 1860-77, Martin Purvis; structural and spatial trends in British retailing - the importance of firm-level studies, Gareth Shaw et al; the municipal store - adaptation and development in the retail markets of 19th century urban Lancashire, Deborah Hodson; retailing history as economic and cultural history -strategies of survival by specialist tobacconists in the mass market, Matthew Hilton; the fascist disciplining of the Italian retail sector, 1922-40, Jonathan Morris.

Nicholas Alexander, Gary Akehurst