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Mail Order Retailing in Britain: A Business and Social History

Mail Order Retailing in Britain: A Business and Social History

Hardcover

Business GeneralManagementGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0198296509
ISBN13: 9780198296508
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Mar 24 2005
Pages: 258
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Since its inception in the late 19th century, Britain's mail order industry both exploited and generated social networks in building its businesses. The common foundation of the sector was the agency system; Sales were made through catalogs held by agents, ordinary people in families, neighborhoods, pubs, clubs and workplaces. Through this agency system mail order firms in Britain were able to tap social networks both to build a customer base, but also to obtain vital information on credit worthiness.

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