Mail order retailing in Britain : a business and social history

• Tác giả: R Coopey, Sean O'Connell, Dilwyn Porter
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-10: 0198296509
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 381/.142/0941 *Commerce (Trade) [formerly 380.1]
• Thông tin xuất bản: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
• Mô tả vật lý: viii, 248 p. : , ill. ; , 24 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Xã hội, kinh tế, luật
• ID: 145765
• Chủ đề: 1. Mail-order business--Great Britain; 2. Mail-order business--History--Great Britain; 3. Teleshopping--Great Britain

Tóm tắt

"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.