It is my understanding that they brought goods to small towns via mail that
could only be gotten in the big cities before.
It is interesting that the coming of Rural free Delivery (USPS) comes in
about this time. Sears and Wards were the first to recognize the sales
possibilities that were pretty much handled by traveling merchants, at least
for household items. The demand for the acessability of needful goods that
were more difficult to deliver spawned the coming of stores and catalogue
storefronts in towns and villagers. The way of the General Store as a
convenience store was simplified but not obliterated.
Kathleen
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: Walmart Fabric Dept...
In a message dated 4/7/2007 3:19:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And one might remember that at least in the 20th C that a Sears store
opening up did not cause all the other MomAnd Pops to go out of
business!
*************************
They didn't? Are you sure....I mean Sears became big in 1906...with the
coming of "rural free delivery"
************************************** See what's free at
http://www.aol.com.
_______________________________________________
h-costume mailing list
h-costume@mail.indra.com
http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
_______________________________________________
h-costume mailing list
h-costume@mail.indra.com
http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
