1778 - Thomas Clark established Flint & Clark, drapers store on Wigmore Street in London; sold expensive fabrics, bonnets, gloves, parasols; December 25, 1813 - formed partnership with William Debenham, named Clark and Debenham; 1851 - William Debenham Jr., Clement Freebody (brother-in-law) joined business (Clark retired), renamed Debenham, Son and Freebody; 1863 - renamed Debenham and Freebody; 1905 - original draper's shop transformed into full department store; incorporated as Debenhams Ltd.; 1919 - merged with Marshall & Snellgrove; 1920 - acquired Harvey Nichols (Knightsbridge retailer); 1928 - went public; Debenham family involvement ended; 1950 - largest department store group in UK (84 companies, 110 stores); 1966 - introduced central buying; 1976 - acquired Brown’s of Chester; early 1980s - holding company renamed Debenhams Ltd. (in use since expansion in 1910s); 1985 - acquired by Burton Group; 1993 – significant increase in number of stores; 1997 - opened first international franchise store in Bahrain; 1998 - became independent public company, 106 stores across the UK (mid-range, own-label products, brand-name concession spots); 2003 - acquired by Baroness Retail Ltd. (consortium of CVC Capital Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Merrill Lynch Private Equity); May 2006 - became independent public company; September 2006 - acquired nine stores from Roches (Ireland), rebranded as Debenhams stores.

1813 - Benjamin Harvey opened linen shop in terraced house (on the corner of Knightsbridge and Sloane Street) in London; 1820 - Elizabeth Harvey (daughter) inherited business with understanding that she go into partnership with Colonel Nichols (company's silk buyer); renamed Harvey Nichols; sold Oriental carpets, silks, luxury goods, linens; 1919 - acquired by Debenhams; 1985 - became part of Burton Group; October 1991 - acquired by Dickson Concepts (International) Ltd., and embarked on major refurbishment; April 1996 - Harvey Nichols Group plc went public; 2000 - opened first overseas store in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; opened first small format store (Mailbox centre in Birmingham); January 2003 - acquired by Dr. Dickson Poon (Hong Kong).

April 7, 1818 - Henry Sands Brooks (45) opened H. & D.H. Brooks & Co. on the Northeast corner of Catharine and Cherry Streets in New York City; 1833 - eldest son, Henry, Jr. assumed control of company (after Brooks's death); 1845 - introduced first ready-to-wear suits in America; 1850 - Henry's sons Daniel, John, and Elisha inherited family business = Brooks Brothers; 1850 - Golden Fleece symbol adopted as company's trademark; 1896 - John Brooks, founder's grandson, introduced button-down polo collar shirt; April 20, 1915 - Brooks Brothers Corporation registered "Brooks Brothers" trademark first used in 1856 (boys and men's clothing); 2001 - acquired by Retail Brand Alliance.

1841 - Eben Jordan, Benjamin L. Marsh opened Jordan Marsh in Boston; 1935 - became one of founders of Allied Stores Corporation; 1986 - acquired by Campeau Corporation (Montreal, QU); February 1992 - former Allied Stores Corporation merged into a new public company, Federated Department Stores, Inc.; 1996 - last of Jordan Marsh stores renamed Macy's.

1842 - Alan Gimbel opened Palace of Trade Vincennes, IN; 1887 - Isaac and Jacob Gimbel opened first store in Milwaukee; 1894 - opened large department store in Philadelphia;  1910 - opened store in New York City in Herald Square near Macy's (Isaac Gimbel as manager, President); 1922 - organized Gimbel Bros., Inc.; 1923 - acquired Saks and Company; 1930 - sales of $123 million, 20,000 employees; 1973 - acquired by B. A. T. Industries PLC for $200 million; 1987 - last of Gimbel stores closed.

1842 - Scottish immigrant George Turnball established dry goods business in Boston, MA; 1855 - Scotsmen Robert and John Gilchrist, store's former clerks, took over, formed Gilchrist Company Dry Goods Company; 1901 - renamed Gilchrist Company; 1970s - closed.

1848 - Aristide Boucicaut, unemployed, suggested  partnership to Videau brothers who owned a small retailing stall in rue du Bac, called Bon Marche ('good deal'); 1863 - rebuffed for his aggressive commercial ideas; acquired Videaus' interest in business; September 9,1869 - first stone laid for expansion into a department store with functional architecture (completed 1887).

1853 - Frank D. Bullock, John Luther Jones became haberdashers to San Francisco gentlemen of newfound wealth; emphasis on luxury fabrics, finest in tailoring; 1982 - started catalog (about $20 million in sales); August 1998 - acquired by Saks Fifth Avenue for $25 million; 2000 - closed; September 2001 -  acquired by Eric  Goodwill (son of former owner Sidney Goodwill), Spencer Hays (chairman of Individualized Apparel Group, clothing manufacturer)

1861 - David Hausemann founded business to manufacture mirrors, mantels and fine wood work and to import European paintings and art novelties; 1863 - Solomon Gump (brother-in-law) acquired an interest, 1864 - acquired entire business; 1871 - Gustave Gump (brother) joined company, renamed S. & G. Gump; 1906 - Abraham Livingston ("A. L.") Gump (son) took over as head of business; March 1947 - Richard Benjamin Gump (43), artist and entrepreneur, assumed control; oldest continuously operating gallery in northern California.

1864 - John Lewis opened first shop on Oxford Street; first day sales = 16 shillings and fourpence.

1864 - J Hepworth & son, Gentleman's Tailors, established in Leeds; 1981 - bought the chain of Kendalls rainwear shops to develop a Womenswear group of shops called NEXT; 1986 - company changes name to NEXT plc.

1865 - Benjamin Altman opened B. Altman & Co. dry goods store on Third Avenue and 10th Street, New York;  later acquired his brother Morris's business on Sixth Ave; 1906 - moved to Fifth Ave. and 34th St.; formed the firm of B. Altman & Co. with Michael Friedsam; first large-scale department store on Fifth Avenue (created August 2, 1824); building (architects Trowbridge and Livingston) designed to blend into grand residential structures that dominated area at that time; no outside signs for 25 years in deference to high-class residential neighbors; 1913 - Col. Friedsam became president; Benjamin Altman established Altman Foundation; $20,000,000 represented by his art collection given to Metropolitan Museum, New York; 1987 - controlling interest acquired by L. J.  Hooker Corporation, its CEO, George Herscu; August 1989 - filed for bankruptcy;  1995 - Oxford University Press moved into building; 1996 - New York Public Library’s Science, Industry, and Business Library took over space.

February 14, 1865 - Abraham Abraham, a 22 year old Bavarian immigrant, opened a 25 foot wide dry goods store with a friend, Joseph Wechsler; September 1, 1893 - Isidor and Nathan Straus bought out Joseph Wechsler, retail dry goods firm of Wechsler & Abraham became the firm of Abraham & Straus (new partners were Nathan and Isidor Straus and Simon F. Rothschild); January 18, 1995 - Federated announced the merger of Abraham & Straus with the Macys, Bloomingdales and Sterns chains; April 30, 1995 - Federated Department Stores, which owned both Macy's and A&S, converted all of the remaining A&S stores into Macy's stores.

May 28, 1867 - Morris Rich founded M. Rich Dry Goods general store in Atlanta, GA; 1871 - renamed M. Rich & Co.; 1876 - renamed M. Rich & Bros. (3 brothers); 1924 - became simply Rich's.

October 16, 1868 - America's first department store "ZCMI" (Zion's Co-Operative Mercantile Institution) opened in Salt Lake City, UT; majority owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; December 1999 - acquired by  May Department Stores.

1872 - Lyman and Joseph Bloomingdale founded  Bloomingdale Brothers Great East Side Bazaar on 56th Street and Third Avenue, Manhattan; first day’s sales were $3.68; 1886 - moved to new store at 59th Street and Lexington Avenue; 1929 - store covered an entire city block.

1877 - David May opened first store (The May Department Stores Company) in Leadville, CO, a silver-mining boom town; 1905 - moved headquarters to St. Louis, MO; 1910 - May Department Stores Company incorporated; 1986 - acquired Associated Dry Goods Corporation (Lord & Taylor); 1988 - acquired Foley's (Houston), Filene's (Boston); 1999 - 25th year of record sales, earnings; 2004 - acquired 62-store Marshall Field's chain from Target Corporation for $3.2 billion deal (included nine Mervyn's locations in Minneapolis, MN); August 3, 2005 - acquired by Federated Department Stores for $11 billion in stock; nation's second largest department store chain with over 1,000 stores, $30 billion in annual sales.

1877 - Mary Ann Cohen Magnin, an accomplished seamstress and lace maker, opened department store in San Francisco (named for husband, Isaac Magnin, former wood carver and gilder in a picture-framing shop in London); successfully promoted 'salon' concept of retailing (no racks, couches for customers, saleswomen brought dresses on hangers) 1948 - opened in Timothy Pflueger-designed "The Marbe Lady" at Stockton and Geary Streets in San Francisco (now Macy's); 1944 - merged with Bullock's; 1964 - acquired by Federated Department Stores; January 15, 1995 - business ceased.

1884 - Michael Marks opened stall at Leeds Kirkgate Market; 1894 - formed partnership with Tom Spencer, former cashier from the wholesale company IJ Dewhirst; February 1914 - bought the London Penny Bazaar Company; 1916 - Simon Marks (son) became Chairman; 1928 - St Michael Trade Mark registered; November 1930 - flagship store opened at Marble Arch, London.

1901 - Carl Wallin, owner of Seattle shoe repair shop, and John W. Nordstrom opened Wallin & Nordstrom, shoe store, in downtown Seattle; 1923 - opened second store; 1929 - Wallin retired, sold out to Nordstrom's sons; 1966 - men's clothing, children's wear added; 1968 - third Nordstrom generation took over; 1973 - sales passed $100 million (largest-volume West Coast fashion specialty store); changed to Nordstrom, Inc.

1902 - George Draper Dayton opened Goodfellow's Dry Goods; 1903 - name changed to Dayton Dry Goods; 1910 - name changed to Dayton Company; 1962 - opened first Target in Roseville, MN as discount store version of Dayton's; 1969 - Detroit-based J.L. Hudson Company merged with Dayton Corporation, formed Dayton-Hudson Corporation; 1978 - acquired Mervyn's, became 7th largest retailer in United States; 1990 - acquired Marshall Field; 2000 - renamed Target Corporation; 2004 - sold 62-store Marshall Field's chain to May Department Stores for $3.2 billion deal (included nine Mervyn's locations in Minneapolis, MN).

1912 - John Wanamaker opened 24-story department store in Philadelphia.

1923 - Barney Pressman sold wife's ring, opened Barney's, off-price men's suit store on 17th St. at Seventh Avenue in Manhattan; 1980s - sons (Bob, Gene) expanded in U. S., formed partnership with Isetan Company (Japan); 1996 - filed for bankruptcy, control shifted to creditors, Whippoorwill Associates, Bay Harbour Management; 2004 - acquired by Jones Apparel for $400 million; June 22, 2007 - acquired by Istithmar, investment arm of Dubai government, for $825 million

November 27, 1924 - New York City's Macy's department store held its first Thanksgiving Day parade down a two-mile stretch of Broadway from Central Park West to Herald Square; featured large performing "theme" platforms that, because they were attached to specially outfitted automobiles concealed beneath them, seemed to float down Broadway;  event was created to boost holiday sales and to bring customers to Macy's new flagship store at Herald Square; 1927 - new Macy's tradition began with  introduction of large balloons in shape of animal, cartoon characters. Felix the Cat was Macy's first parade balloon.

May 2, 2005 - Texas Pacific Group/Warburg Pincus acquired Neiman Marcus Group for $5.1 billion.

(Allied Stores), John Rothchild (2000). Going for Broke: How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail Industry, Jolted the Junk Bond Market, and Brought the Booming 80s to a Crashing Halt. (Washington, DC: Beard, 286 p. [orig. pub. 1991]). Campeau, Robert; Allied Stores Corporation; Federated Department Stores; Leveraged buyouts; Department stores--Corrupt practices--United States; Bond market.

(Arnotts), Ronald Nesbitt (1993). At Arnotts of Dublin, 1843-1993. (Dublin, IR: A.& A. Farmar, 242 p.). Arnotts (Department stores)--History; Department stores--Ireland--Dublin--History; Stores, Retail--Ireland--History.

(Austin Reed), Berry Ritchie (1990). A Touch of Class: Story of Austin Reed. (London, UK: James & James, 144 p.). Reed, Austin; Austin reed Group; department stores--Great Britain--History. Ary of fashion, society and advertising graphics.

(Bamberger's), Richard Weil (1940). The Art of Practical Thinking; An Informal Discussion for the Intelligent Layman. (New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 192 p.). President of Bamberger's. Logic; Reasoning. 

(Barneys), Joshua Levine (1999). The Rise and Fall of the House of Barneys: A Family Tale of Chutzpah, Glory, and Greed. (New York, NY: Morrow, 256 p.). Senior Editor (Forbes). Barneys New York--History; Men's clothing industry--New York (State)--New York--History.

(Belk Stores Services), LeGette Blythe (1958). William Henry Belk, Merchant of the South. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 269 p.). Belk, William Henry, 1862-1952.

(Belk Stores Services), Howard E. Covington, Jr. (1988). Belk, A Century of Retail Leadership. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 308 p.). Belk Stores Services--History; Department stores--United States--History; Retail trade--United States--History.

(Belle Jardinière), Francois Faraut (1987). Histoire de la Belle Jardinière. (Paris, FR: Belin, 185 p.). Belle Jardinière (Firm)--History; Clothing trade--France--Paris--History; Department stores--France--Paris--History.

(Bentalls), Rowan Bentall (1974). My Store of Memories. (London, UK: W. H. Allen, 298 p.). Bentalls Ltd.--History; Department stores--England--London; Kingston upon Thames (London, England).

(Bergdorf Goodman), Booton Herndon (1956). Bergdorf's on the Plaza; The Story of Bergdorf Goodman and a Half-Century of American Fashion. (New York, NY: Knopf, 244 p.). Bergdorf Goodman, New York.

(Bergdorf Goodman), Ira Neimark (2006). Crossing Fifth Avenue To Bergdorf Goodman: An Insider's Account on The Rise Of Luxury Retail. (New York, NY: SPI Books, 300 p.). Chairman and CEO of Bergdorf Goodman (17 years). Neimark, Ira; Bergdorf, Goodman; Retail trade--United States--History; retail trade--luxury. From assistant to the doorman at Bonwit Teller to CEO of Bergdorf Goodman; transformed iconic Fifth Avenue department store: 1) reintroduced Paris couture in United States, 2) showcased great Italian, French designers, 3) developed best new American designers, 4) elaborate promotional launch events featured haute couture.

(Bloomingdale's), Mark Stevens (1979). "Like No Other Store in the World": The Inside Story of Bloomingdale's. (New York, NY: Crowell, 224 p.). Bloomingdale's (Firm).

(Bloomingdale's), Maxine Brady (1980). Bloomingdale's. (New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 229 p.). Bloomingdale's (Firm)--History.

(Bloomingdale's), Marvin Traub and Tom Teicholz (1993). Like No Other Store--: The Bloomingdale's Legend and The Revolution in American Marketing. (New York, NY: Times Books, 428 p.). Traub, Marvin; Bloomingdale's (Firm) -- History.

(Bon Marche), Charles d'Ydewalle (1965). Au Bon Marche, de la Boutique au Grand Magasin. (Paris, Plon: Paris, Plon, 187 p.). Au Bon Marche (Paris, France)--History.

(Bon Marche), Michael B. Miller (1981). The Bon Marché: Bourgeois Culture and the Department Store 1869-1920. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 266 p.). Au Bon Marché (Paris, France) -- History; France -- Social conditions.

(Bon-Ton), Nancy E. Cohen (1998). "Doing a Good Business": 100 Years at the Bon-Ton. (Lyme, CT: Greenwich Publishing Group, Inc., 112 p.). Bon-Ton (Firm)--History; Department stores--Pennsylvania--History; Businesspeople--United States--Biography; Retail trade--Pennsylvania--History.

(Bonwit Teller), Hortense McQuarrie Odlum (1939). A Woman's Place: The Autobiography of Hortense Odlum. (New York, NY: Scribner, 286 p.). Former President of Bonwit Teller. Oldum, Hortense McQuarrie, 1892- ;Bonwit Teller & Co.; Businesswomen--United States--Biography. 

(Brooks Brothers), John William Cooke (2003). Generations of Style: It’s All About the Clothing. (New York, NY: Brooks Brothers, 165 p.). Brooks Brothers (Firm)--History; Clothing trade--United States--History.

(Bullocks), Margaret Leslie Davis (1996). Bullocks Wilshire. (Los Angles, CA: Balcony Press, 118 p.). Bullock's Wilshire (Department store)--History; Bullock's Wilshire (Department store)--Pictorial works; Department stores--California, Southern--History.

(A. J. Bundschu Company), William B. Bundschu (2005). The A. J. Bundschu Company--: The Dominant Store of Independence. (Independence, MO: Little Blue Valley Publishing Co., 191 p.). Bundschu, Anton Joseph, 1855-1928; A. J. Bundschu Company--History; Department stores--Missouri--Independence.--History; Family-owned business enterprises--Missouri--Independence--History; Independence (Mo.)--History.

(Burdines - Founded 1898), Roberta Morgan (1991). It's Better at Burdines: How the Famous Store Grew Hand in Hand with Florida. (Miami, FL: Pickering Press, 152 p.). Burdines (Department store)--History; Department stores--Florida--History; Miami (Fla.)--History.

(Burdines), Stephen L. Goldstein (1999). You Can't Go Wrong by Doing It Right: 50 Principles for Running a Successful Business. (Central Point, OR: Oasis Press, 239 p.). Burdines (Department store)--History; Department stores--Florida--History; New business enterprises--Management; Small business--Management.

(Carson Pirie Scott), Joseph Siry (1988). Carson Pirie Scott: Louis Sullivan and the Chicago Department Store. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 290 p.). Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 --Criticism and interpretation; Carson Pirie Scott; Architecture--Illinois--Chicago--20th century; Skyscrapers--Illinois--Chicago; Department stores--Illinois--Chicago; Chicago (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

(Clery and Co.), Peter Costello & Tony Farmar (1992). The Very Heart of the City: The Story of Denis Guiney and Clerys. (Bublin, IR: Clery and Co., 150 p.). Guiney, Denis, 1893-1967; Clery and Co. (1941) Ltd.--History; Department stores--Ireland--Dublin--History.

(Corte Ingles), Juavier Cuartas (1992). Biografía de "El Corte Inglés". (Barcelona, SP: Dictext, 806 p.). Corte Inglés (Firm)--History; Department stores--Spain--History.

(Dayton Corporation), Bruce B. Dayton and Ellen B. Green (1997). George Draper Dayton: A Man of Parts. (Minneapolis, MN: B. B. Dayton, 527 p.). Dayton, George Draper, 1857-1938; Dayton family; Dayton Corporation--History; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Philanthropists--United States--Biography; Worthington (Minn.)--Biography.

(Dayton's), Mary Firestone (2007). Dayton’s Department Store. (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub., 127 p.). Dayton’s (Department store)--History--Pictorial works. Originally called Goodfellows; 1902 - real estate investor, banker George Draper Dayton became silent partner; took over  company; became vibrant self-contained community (post office, newspaper, infirmary, laundry, bakery, college); grew into neighboring states, developed nation’s first indoor mall.

(Debenhams), Maurice Corina (1978). Fine Silks and Oak Counters: Debenhams, 1778-1978. (London, UK: Hutchinson Benham, 200 p.). Debenhams Ltd.

(De Gruchy's), Beth Lloyd; foreword by Frank Perrée (1982). De Gruchy's: The History of Jersey's Department Store of Distinction. De Gruchy (Firm)--History; Department stores--Channel Islands--Jersey--History.

(Dillard's), Leon Joseph Rosenberg; with a foreword by Sam Walton (1988). Dillard's, The First Fifty Years. (Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press, 141 p.). Dillard, William Thomas, 1914- ; Dillard's Department Stores -- History; Department stores -- United States -- History; Businessmen -- United States -- Biography.

(Dupuis Freres), Josette Dupuis-Leman (2001). Dupuis Frères, Le Magasin du Peuple: Plus d'un Siècle de Fierté Québécoise. (Montreal, QU: Stanke, 290 p.). Dupuis Frères limitée--History; Department stores--Québec--Montréal--History.

(Eaden Lilley & Co.), Ian Ormes (2000). Eaden Lilley: 250 Years of Retailing. (Saffron Walden, UK: W. Eaden Lilley & Co., 120 p.). Eaden Lilley & Co. -- History.

(Eatons), Eugene Scribe (1919). Golden Jubilee, 1869-1919: A Book To Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the T. Eaton Co. Limited. (Toronto, ON: T. Eaton Co., Ltd., 289 p.). T. Eaton Co. -- History; Department stores -- Canada -- History.

(Eatons), George G. Nasmith (1923). Timothy Eaton. (Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart, 312 p.). Eaton, Timothy, 1834-1907; Retail trade--Toronto. Special edition - limited to four hundred copies.

(Eatons), Flora McCrea Eaton (1956). Memory’s Wall, Autobiography. (Toronto, ON: Clarke, Irwin, 214 p.). Wife of Eaton's Pesident Sir John Craig Eaton (Timothy Eaton's youngest Son). Eaton, Flora McCrea; Eaton family; Eaton, Sir John Craig; Eaton's Department Store.

(Eatons), Mary Etta Macpherson (1963). Shopkeepers to a Nation: The Eatons. (Toronto, McClelland and Stewart: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 122 p.). Eaton (T.) Company, ltd. [from old catalog].

(Eatons), William Stephenson (1969). The Store That Timothy Built. (Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart, 255 p.). T. Eaton Co. -- History.

(Eatons), Eileen Sufrin (1982). The Eaton Drive: The Campaign To Organize Canada's Largest Department Store 1948 to 1952. (Toronto, ON: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 240 p.). T. Eaton Co. -- History; Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Local 1000 (Toronto, Ont.); Retail trade -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Employees -- History -- 20th century; Labor unions -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.

(Eatons), Joy L. Santink (1990). Timothy Eaton and the Rise of His Department Store. (Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 319 p.). Eaton, Timothy, 1834-1907; Businesspeople--Canada--Biography; Department stores--Canada--History.

(Eatons), Rod McQueen (1999). The Eatons: The Rise and Fall of Canada's Royal Family. (Toronto, ON: Stoddart, 322 p. [rev. ed.]). Eaton family; T. Eaton Co.--History; Department stores--Canada--History.

(Eatons), Patricia Phenix (2002). Eatonians: The Story of the Family Behind the Family. (Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart, 312 p.). Eaton family; Eaton's Department Store; Employees. 

(Eatons), Russ Gourluck (2004). A Store Like No Other: Eaton’s of Winnipeg. (Winnipeg : Great Plains Publications: Winnipeg : Great Plains Publications, 208 p.). T. Eaton Co.--Manitoba--Winnipeg--History; T. Eaton Co.--Manitoba--Winnipeg--Histoire; Department stores--Manitoba--Winnipeg--History; Grands magasins--Manitoba--Winnipeg--Histoire. Icon for generations of Winnipeggers.

(Farmers' Trading Company Ltd. - founded 1909), Malcolm Kay (1954). Inside Story of Farmers'; First Complete Record of the Marvellous Growth of Laidlaw Leeds and the Farmers' Trading Co., Ltd., Auckland, N. Z. (Auckland, NZ: Framers Trading Co., 335 p.). Farmers' Trading Company, ltd.; Laidlaw Leeds and Company, Auckland, N.Z. 

(Federated), John Rothchild (1991). Going for Broke: How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail Industry, Jolted the Junk Bond Market, and Brought the Booming Eighties to a Crashing Halt. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 286 p.). Campeau, Robert; Allied Stores Corporation; Federated Department Stores; Leveraged buyouts; Department stores--Corrupt practices--United States; Bond market.

(Filene's), Mary La Dame (1930). The Filene Store; A Study of Employees’ Relation to Management in a Retail Store. (New York, Russell Sage Foundation: New York, Russell Sage Foundation, 541 p.). Filene’s, William, Sons company; Filene Co-operative Association; Management--Employee participation; Retail trade.

(Filene's), George E. Berkley (1998). The Filenes. (Boston, MA: International Pocket Library, 291 p.). Filene's, Department Stores.

(Georges Australia Ltd.), Keith Dunstan (1979). The Store on the Hill. (Melbourne, Australia: Macmillan, 100 p.). Georges Australia Ltd.; Department stores--Australia--Melbourne (Vic.)--History. 

(Goldblatt's), Louis Goldblatt (1994). Life Is a Game, Play To Win!!: Notes on the Game of Life by an Immigrant Merchant, An Autobiography. (Chicago, IL: Lindenhouse Books, 377 p.). Goldblatt, Louis, 1903- ; Merchants--United States--Biography; Retail trade--United States.

(Grands Magasins Decre), Andre´ Bovar; preface de Andre´ Aumonier (1997). Emile Decre, Un Grand Commercant Chretien. (Laval, FR: Siloe¨, 138 p.). Decre´, Emile, 1897-1973; Grands Magasins Decre´--History; Merchants--France--Nantes--Biography; Retail trade--France--Nantes--History; Department stores--France--Nantes--History.

(Gump's), Carol Green Wilson (1965). Gump's Treasure Trade: A Story of San Francisco. (New York, NY: Crowell, 306 p.). S. & G. Gump Company, San Francisco; Art, Oriental. 

(Gump's), Editor Gareth Esersky; contributing writers, Nan Birmingham ... [et al.] (1991). Gump's Since 1861: A San Francisco Legend. (San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 136 p.). Gump's (Department store)--History; Department stores--California--San Francisco--History.

(Halle Bros. Co.), James M. Wood (1987). Halle's: Memoirs of a Family Department Store (1891-1982). (Cleveland, OH: Geranium Press, 223 p.). Halle Bros. Co.--History; Department stores--Ohio--Cleveland--History.

(Paul Harris Retail Stores Inc.), Gerald Paul with Victoria Barrett (2007). My Business Life Cycle: How Innovation, Evolution, and Determination Made Paul Harris Great. (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 111 p.). Founder of Paul Harris Stores; Teaches Writing at Ball State University. Paul, Gerald, 1924- Harris Paul Retail Stores, Inc.--History; Businesspeople--United States--Biography; Clothing trade--United States; Fashion merchandising--United States. U.S. culture, retail history, brand of entrepreneurship. 1954 - started Paul Harris stores in Indianapolis, grew chain to 303 stores; brought fashion, comfort, style, functionality to millions of women in Midwest.

(Harrods), George Pottinger (1971). The Winning Counter: Hugh Fraser and Harrods. (London, UK: Hutchinson, 192 p.). Fraser, Hugh, Baron Fraser, 1903-1966; Harrods.

(Harrods), Tim Dale (1981). Harrods: The Store and the Legend. (London, UK: Pan, 149 p.). Harrods Ltd.

(Harrods), Sean Callery (1991). Harrods, Knightsbridge: The Story of Society's Favourite Store. (London, UK: Ebury Press, 176 p.). Harrod's Stores, Ltd.--History; Harrods Ltd.--History; Department stores--England--London--History.

(Hertie Warenhaus und Kaufhaus), Friedrich W. Ko¨hler (1997). Zur Geschichte der Warenha¨User: Seenot und Untergang des Hertie-Konzerns. (Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Haag + Herchen, 240 p.). Hertie Warenhaus und Kaufhaus--History; Department stores--Germany--History; Trading companies--Germany--History; Business failures--Germany--Case studies.

(House of Fraser), Michael Moss and Alison Turton (1989). A Legend of Retailing: House of Fraser. (London, UK: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 384 p.). House of Fraser Holdings plc -- History; Department stores -- Great Britain -- History.

(Hudson's), Jean Maddern Pitrone (1991). Hudson's: Hub of America's Heartland. (West Bloomfield, MI: Altwerger and Mandel Pub. Co., 201 p.). Hudson family; J.L. Hudson Company--History; Hudson Motor Car Company--History; Department stores--Michigan--Detroit--History; Automobile industry and trade--United States--History. 

(Hudson's Bay), Sir William Schooling (1920). The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson's Bay During Two Hundred and Fifty Years, 1670-1920. (London, UK: The Hudson's Bay Company, 129 p.). Hudson's Bay Company.

(Hudson's Bay), Douglas MacKay (1936). The Honourable Company; A History of the Hudson’s Bay Company. (Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 396 p.). Hudson’s Bay Company; Fur trade--Canada; Northwest, Canadian--History.

(Hudson's Bay), W. Stewart Wallace. (1954). The Pedlars from Quebec: And Other Papers on the Nor' westers. (Toronto, ON: Ryerson Press, 101 p.). North West Company; Fur trade--Canada.

(Hudson's Bay), Marjorie Wilkins Campbell (1957). The North West Company. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 295 p.). North West Company.

(Hudson's Bay), Gordon C. Davidson (1967). The North West Company. (New York, NY: Russell & Russell, 349 p. [orig. pub. 1918]). North West Company (1967- ); Hudson's Bay Company; XY Company; Fur trade--Canada.

(Hudson's Bay), George Simpson; Edited with a new introd. by Frederick Merk (1968). Fur Trade and Empire; George Simpson's Journal Entitled Remarks Connected with the Fur Trade in the Course of a Voyage from York Factory to Fort George and Back to York Factory 1824-25, with Related Documents. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 370 p.). Simpson, George, Sir, 1786 or 7-1860; Hudson's Bay Company; Fur trade--Northwest, Canadian--History; Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel.

(Hudson's Bay), Lawrence Freiman (1978). Don't Fall Off the Rocking Horse: An Autobiography. (Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart, 199 p.). Freiman, Lawrence, 1909- ; Businesspeople--Canada--Biography. Retailing business A. J. Freiman, Ltd. was absorbed by the Hudson's Bay Company in the early 1970s.

(Hudson's Bay), Peter C. Newman (1985-1991). Company of Adventurers: Vol. 1. (New York, NY: Viking, Vol. 1). Hudson's Bay Company; Fur trade--Northwest, Canadian--History; Northwest, Canadian--History. 

(Hudson's Bay), Peter C. Newman (1987). Company of Adventurers: Caesars of the Wilderness (Vol. 2) . (New York, NY: Viking, 480 p.). Hudson's Bay Company; Fur trade--Northwest, Canadian--History; Northwest, Canadian--History. 

(Hudson's Bay), Michael Payne (1989). The Most Respectable Place in the Territory: Everyday Life in Hudson's Bay Company Service, York Factory, 1788 to 1870. (Ottawa, ON: National Historic Parks and Sites, Canadian Parks Service, Environment Canada, 206 p.). Hudson's Bay Company--History; Fur trade--Social aspects--Manitoba--York Factory; Frontier and pioneer life--Northwest, Canadian; Fur trade--Northwest, Canadian--History; York Factory (Man.)--History; York Factory (Man.)--Social conditions.

(Hudson's Bay), Arthur J. Ray (1990). The Canadian Fur Trade in the Industrial Age. (Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 283 p.). Hudson's Bay Company--History; Fur trade--Canada--History; Indians of North America--Canada--Economic conditions.

(Hudson's Bay), Peter C. Newman (1992). Company of Adventurers: Merchant Princes (Vol. 3). (New York, NY: Viking, 448 p.). Hudson's Bay Company; Fur trade--Northwest, Canadian--History; Northwest, Canadian--History. 

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(Hudson's Bay), Edith I. Burley (1997). Servants of the Honourable Company: Work, Discipline, and Conflict in the Hudson's Bay Company, 1770 - 1870. (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 319 p.). Hudson's Bay Company -- Employees -- History; Industrial relations -- Canada -- History; Fur trade -- Canada -- History.

(Hudson's Bay), Dorothy N. Morrison (1999). Outpost: John McLoughlin and the Far Northwest. (Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society, 641 p.). McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857; Hudson's Bay Company--Biography; Pioneers--Oregon--Biography; Fur traders--Oregon--Biography; Fur trade--Northwest, Pacific--History--19th century; Oregon--History--To 1859; Northwest, Pacific--Biography.

(Hudson's Bay), Peter C. Newman (2000). Empire of the Bay: The Company of Adventurers That Seized a Continent. (New York, NY: Penguin Books, 612 p.). Hudson's Bay Company--History; Fur trade--Canada--History; Northwest, Canadian--History.

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(Marks and Spencer Ltd.), Asa Briggs (1984). Marks & Spencer 1884 - 1984: A Centenary History. (London, UK: Octopus Books, 128 p.). Marks and Spencer ltd.--History; Department stores--England--History.

(Marks and Spencer ltd.), K.K. Tse (1985). Marks & Spencer: Anatomy of Britain's Most Efficiently Managed Company. (New York, NY: Pergamon Press, 239 p.). Marks and Spencer ltd.

(Marks and Spencer ltd.), Marcus Sieff (1988). Don't Ask the Price: The Memoirs of the President of Marks & Spencer. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 354 p.). Marks and Spencer ltd. -- Biography; Businessmen -- Great Britain -- Biography; Great Britain Multiple shops Marks & Spencer (Firm) Sieff, Marcus Biographies.

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(Marks and Spencer Ltd.), Baron Marcus Sieff (1990). Marcus Sieff on Management: The Marks & Spencer Way. (London, UK: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 189 p.). Marks and Spencer ltd.; Management.

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