Legend of Retailing. House of Fraser
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- Author(s) Moss, Michael, & Alison Turton
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1989
- Pages 384pp; illus
- Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly commissioned history largely ordered chronologically. Deals with the emergence of department store retailing especially as a chain business. Much about the Fraser family and their businesses and about growth by acquisition. Chapters include: '1780-1849 - Shopping transformed'; '1849-1873 - Hugh Fraser starts out'; '1873-1909 - Palaces of commerce'; '1909-1924 - Going up in leaps and bounds; '1924-1948 - To be developed by local men'; '1948-66 - Scottish retail drapery king'; '1966-1976 - No easy path'; '1976-1985 - retailing out of the Recession'; '1985-1990 - The store is king'. Carries histories of selected stores [pp271-373] including Army & Navy Stores Ltd, London; Arnott & Co Ltd, Glasgow; John Barker & Co Ltd, London; Binns Ltd, Sunderland; Dickins & Jones Ltd, London; D H Evans & Co Ltd, London; Harrods Ltd, London; James Howell & Co Ltd, Cardiff; McDonalds Ltd, Glasgow; Rackhams Ltd, Birmingham; John Walsh Ltd, Sheffield; Wylie & Lochhead Ltd, Glasgow - for which see separate BHE entries