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A general merchant store (also known as general merchandise store, general dealer, village shop, or country store) is a rural or small-town store that carries a general line of merchandise. [1] It carries a broad selection of merchandise, sometimes in a small space, where people from the town and surrounding rural areas come to purchase all ...
Formerly the oldest continuously operating general store in Connecticut, the Colebrook Store lasted 195 years before shuttering in 2007, only to be reopened under new management in 2014 — and ...
Karch & Heberer General Store in Fairplay, Colorado, late 1800s General stores and itinerant peddlers dominated in rural America until the arrival of the automobile after 1910. Most of the early peddlers were Yankees; after 1859 most were Jewish immigrants. [ 40 ]
In the second half of the 19th century, the store went by the name Slocum's Store, [16] until it was purchased by the Davolls at the start of the 20th century when its name changed to Davolls General Store. [17] The Davolls co-owned the store with Nancy Slocum and Australian whaler John Thomas Sherratt. [18] One of their employees was Chester ...
Long before the reign of supermarkets and big-box retailers, general stores were the cornerstone of America's small towns. Here are 9 that patrons still love to visit.
The Lincoln-Berry General Store was a general store that was co-owned by Abraham Lincoln. The store is one of the reconstructed 1830s buildings at Lincoln's New Salem , a state historic site. [ 1 ] It was and is the only frame (not log) building in New Salem.
The rise of general merchants also separated wholesale from retail, and consumers returned to shopping in stores rather than in tradesmen workshops. The Industrial Revolution and the emergence of the department store in the 19th century reformed modern retail.
The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or simply Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the pioneers of the five-and-dime store.It was among the most successful American and international five-and-dime businesses, setting trends and creating the modern retail model that stores follow worldwide today.