Where and When Did the First Department Stores Open

question 5

Multiple Choice

Where and when did the first department stores open?

• A) London in 1815
• B) New York City in the 1850s
• C) Tokyo (then Edo) in the early 1800s
• D) Paris in the 1830s
• E) Constantinople in the 1780s

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