Cua hang bach hoa la mot co so ban le cung cap mot loat cac mat hang tieu dung đa chung loai đuoc goi la "cac gian hang". Tai cac thanh pho lon hien đai, cua hang bach hoa đa xuat hien an tuong vao giua the ky 19, va đinh hinh lai vinh vien cac thoi quen mua sam, va đinh nghia ve dich vu va su sang trong. Nhung phat trien tuong tu cung đang dien ra o London (voi Whiteleys), o Paris (Le Bon Marche) va o New York (Stewart's),
Ngay nay, cac gian hang thuong bao ham nhung thu nhu quan ao, noi that, đo gia dung, đo choi, my pham, đo gia dung, lam vuon, đo ve sinh ca nhan, đo the thao, đo tu lam, son va vu khi. Ngoai ra con co cac dong san pham khac nhu thuc pham, sach, đo trang suc, đien tu, van phong pham, thiet bi chup anh, san pham cho tre em va vat nuoi. Khach mua hang thuong thanh toan gan truoc cua hang mac du mot so noi co quay tinh tien cac trong moi gian hang. Mot so cua hang nam trong so nhieu chuoi ban le cap đo lon, trong khi so khac la cac nha ban le đoc lap. Trong thap nien 70, ho chiu ap luc manh tu cac chu cua hang giam gia va tham chi lon hon tu he thong cua hang truc tuyen nhu Amazon ke tu 2010. Cac cua hang lon hoat đong đoc lap, đai sieu thi co the so sanh voi cac cua hang bach hoa mang tinh lich su. Truoc cac trung tam mua sam, cac cua hang bach hoa la mo hinh đoc lap.
Ke tu nhung nam 1980, ho đa phai chiu ap luc nang ne tu nhung nguoi giam gia va tham chi con chiu ap luc nang ne hon tu cac trang web thuong mai đien tu ke tu thap nien 2000.


Phan loai Cua hang bach hoa co the đuoc phan loai theo nhieu cach:

Cua hang bach hoa chinh hay đon gian la cua hang bach hoa truyen thong, cung cap hang hoa tu trung cap đen cao cap, hau het hoac it nhat mot so thoi điem voi gia ban le đay đu. Vi du nhu Macy's, Bloomingdale's, J.C. Penney, Sears va Belk.
Cua hang bach hoa non tre, mot thuat ngu đuoc su dung chu yeu trong phan thu hai cua the ky 20 cho mot phien ban nho hon cua cua hang bach hoa chinh. Đay thuong la cac cua hang đoc lap hoac chuoi chuyen ve my pham, quan ao va phu kien, voi mot so hang gia dung. Chang han nhu Cua hang Boston va Harris & Frank
Cua hang bach hoa giam gia, mot cua hang giam gia lon ban quan ao va đo đac trong nha voi gia chiet khau, hoac ban hang ton qua nhieu tu cac cua hang bach hoa chinh hoac hang hoa đuoc san xuat đac biet cho thi truong cua hang bach hoa giam gia. Vi du la Nordstrom Rack, Saks Off 5th, Marshalls, Ross Dress for Less, va Kohl's.
Mot so nguon co the đe cap đen cac loai cua hang sau đay la cua hang bach hoa, tham chi chung thuong khong đuoc coi la nhu vay:

Đai sieu thi (sieu cua hang giam gia voi đay đu dich vu tap hoa, chang han nhu Target, Walmart va Carrefour)
Cua hang đa dang, con đuoc goi o Hoa Ky la cua hang nam xu


Xem them Trung tam thuong mai
Cua hang tien loi
Cua hang
Tiem tap hoa
Ban le
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Phan phoi (tiep thi)


Tham khao Đoc them Lien ket ngoai History of The Department Store Luu tru ngay 15 thang 10 nam 2009 tai Wayback Machine
The rise of the department store in Britain Luu tru ngay 5 thang 10 nam 2011 tai Wayback Machine
A.T. Stewart's Luu tru ngay 22 thang 2 nam 2008 tai Wayback Machine
Tamilia, Robert D. (thang 5 nam 2002). "The Wonderful World of the Department Store in Historical Perspective: A Comprehensive International Bibliography Partially Annotated" (PDF). Ban goc (PDF) luu tru ngay 29 thang 2 nam 2012. Truy cap ngay 13 thang 9 nam 2008. {{Chu thich tap chi}}: Chu thich magazine can |magazine= (tro giup)
International Association of Department Stores
New York Journal. Under One Roof The death and life of the New York department store. by Adam Gopnik