Cathedrals of Commerce
This store is often thought of as the first department store in the world
What is The Bon Marche
This consumer act is defined by the lack of making a purchase for political reasons
What is a Boycott
With his Grumbling Hive, this "big name" made "private vices, public benefits"
Who is Bernard Mandeville
A royal Charter, or "Act," created this trading company in 1670, granting them exclusive rights to trade in “Rupert’s Land”
What is the Hudson's Bay Company
This acted as a common unit of account by which all European goods were measured/traded at HBC trading posts
What is the Made Beaver
This was the first store to have a female executive on staff
What is Macy's
This movement argued against buying sugar grown by enslaved Africans
What is the Abstention Campaign or What is the Quaker Abstention Campaign
This "big name" used advertising & packaging to make tea "safe"
Who is John Horniman
This "Act" of British parliament lowered taxes on tea from 120% -- 12.5%
What is the Commutation Act of 1784
Backed by the American Bankers Association, this system was aimed at lower class & immigrant children
What is a School Savings Bank
Founded in 1869, this was "Canada's Greatest Store"
What is Eaton's
This famous suffragette family fought for the right to vote while also running a home decor business
Who are the Garrett sisters (Elizabeth, Millicent, & Agnes)
While some of his claims to originality are overblown, this "big name" did make some important changes including instituting the "countdown to Christmas"
Who is Henry Gordon Selfridge
This "Act" got her start in movies, but was soon selling a range of products with her trademark "Oh My Goodness"
Who is Shirley Temple
By the 1930s middle class children were being given one of these to teach them how to be responsible consumers
What is an Allowance
Described as a "sparkling scene" & a "glittering kaleidoscope," this New York store helped shape department stores in the US
What is the "Iron Palace"
Led by Joseph Bibb in the 1930s, this campaign is perhaps the best known example of Black consumer activism
What is the "Don't Buy Where You Can't Work" campaign
This American "big name" argued that everyone should be a homeowner
Who was Herbert Hoover
This 1882 "Act" allowed British women to hold property & make a will without their husbands’ agreement
What is the Married Women’s Property Act
This was a defining feature of the department store which helped to "democratize" shopping
What is the One Price System
The proprietor of this store once claimed to supply “Everything from a pin to an elephant”
What is Whiteley's
In 1890, Samuel Gompers articulated this political stance when he stated "We have been accused of being selfish, and it has been said that we will want more . . . . We do want more"
What is The Politics of More
In the 1840s, this "big name" founded the first advertising agency in the US
Who is Volney B. Palmer (in Philadelphia)
On the dance floor, this "Act" could cause your stock to plummet
What is "getting stuck"
When Black consumers shopped at Black-owned businesses their money served a duel role: fulfill their own needs & simultaneously develop the Black business community. What was this money was colloquially called?
What is the "Double Duty Dollar"