Beyond the Piggly Wiggly: Inventing the American Self-Service Store
Asheboro Public Library 201 Worth St, AsheboroDuring the 1920s and 1930s a minority of enterprising grocers experimented with a wide variety of (sometimes wacky) design ideas for automating shopping. They created specialized stores designed as enclosed retail systems that went far beyond open display techniques to construct unique physical and psychological advantages for automating salesmanship. Dr. Lisa Tolbert of UNC-G offers […]
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