Mail Order Retailing in Britain
Subtitle: A Business and Social History
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: April 1, 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780198296508
Description: "This book traces the rise of firms including Kay and Co., Grattan, Empire Stores and Littlewoods. It examines the ways in which these firms created and exploited social networks through the agency system and credit provision among the British working class. The book also traces the origins of internet-based home shopping in the UK"--Provided by publisher.