[The Retail] Business

This material is held atWomen's Library Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 106 7PTS/02
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1918-1954
  • Physical Description
    • 1 folder

Scope and Content

Press cuttings re retail 1942-1954.

Typed notes from the following publications: 'Retailing and The Public' 1932, by JE Neal; Encyclopaedia Britannica re retail; 'The Romance of Commerce' 1918 by Selfridge H Gordon; 'Next steps forward in Retailing' 1937 by EA Filene; 'British Industries and their Organisation' 1933 by GC Allen

Correspondence: Letter from J Sainsbury Ltd 1948 re meat rationing; letter Multiple Shops Federation re warehousing; 3 copy letters from Boots.

Manuscript organogram of typical 20th Century Department Store (red and black ink).