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shops and shopping - events| 4 March 1634 | North America | Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in the North American colonies, in Boston, Massachusetts. Although many New England authorities disapprove of them, taverns begin to flourish during the 1630s as gathering places for socializing and, later, for political discussions and meetings. | | 1837 | USA | Charles Lewis Tiffany opens a shop selling stationery and fancy goods in New York City: this will grow into the world's most famous jewellery store, Tiffany's. | | 1849 | UK | English tea wholesaler Henry Charles Harrod buys a grocery store in London, England, which will grow to become one of the world's most famous department stores. | | 1863 | UK | William Whiteley opens the Universal Provider, in London, England, under the slogan ‘Everything from a pin to an elephant’. This is essentially the first department store in Britain. | | 1872 | USA | Lyman Bloomingdale and his brothers Gustave and Joseph, the family behind the great US department store Bloomingdale's, open their Great East Side Store in New York City. | | 1874 | UK | Jesse Boot expands his mother's shop in Britain, aiming to produce cheap high-quality products, in particular drugs. This will grow into the Boots pharmaceutical chain. | | 1879 | USA | Store clerk Frank Winfield Woolworth opens a ‘five-and-ten’ store in the USA, which will become the basis of his retail empire. | | 1886 | USA | The first ‘Avon ladies’, door-to-door saleswomen for the Avon Calling cosmetics company, start working in the USA. | | 28 September 1894 | UK | Michael Marks and Tom Spencer open their first Penny Bazaar, a stall selling a wide range of domestic products, in Manchester, England.Building on a network of stalls, they open their first Marks & Spencer shop in 1922: this will grow to become Britain's most successful chain of department stores. | | 1898 | UK | The first escalator in Britain is installed, in the Harrod's department store. | | 1909 | United Kingdom | The first Woolworth's store in Britain is opened in Liverpool. | | 15 March 1909 | United Kingdom, USA | The US businessman H G Selfridge opens the first modern department store in Britain, Selfridge's in London, England, using the slogan, ‘All your shopping under one roof.’ | | 1910 | USA | Elizabeth Arden opens her first beauty shop, in New York City. She will later expand to create a chain of shops and a very successful range of cosmetics. | | June 1937 | USA | The introduction of the shopping cart, which replaces smaller, hand-held bags and was devised by Sylvan N Goldman in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, revolutionizes grocery shopping in the USA. | | 21 April 1947 | Eire | The first airport duty-free shop is opened at Shannon Airport in Eire. | | 1977 | USA | In the USA, George Anderson opens the first video rental shop, charging $50 to join and $10 per film a night. |
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