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David Bouchier: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Consumer
Publisher |
WSHU Public Radio
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Personal Journals
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Aug 24, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:03:47
When the first big department stores opened in cities around the country they created a whole new way of shopping. Buyers could browse a huge range of goods in a warm sociable indoor ambiance that was entirely safe, and almost domestic. You could see and touch and even try on the goods, and discuss them with sales staff – it was a fully interactive consumer experience and even a kind of entertainment. Department stores were an immediate success, as were the suburban malls that appeared in the mid-twentieth century to provide much the same shopping experience outside the big cities.
When the first big department stores opened in cities around the country they created a whole new way of shopping. Buyers could browse a huge range of goods in a warm sociable indoor ambiance that was entirely safe, and almost domestic. You could see and touch and even try on the goods, and discuss them with sales staff – it was a fully interactive consumer experience and even a kind of entertainment. Department stores were an immediate success, as were the suburban malls that appeared in the

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