American Decades
"The Present Status and Future Prospects of Chains of Department Stores"
Speech
By: Edward A. Filene
Date: 1927
Source: Filene, Edward A. "The Present Status and Future Prospects of Chains of Department Stores: An Address Delivered before the American Economic Association, Washington, D.C., December 27, 1927." Transcript reproduced in Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921–1929. American Memory digital primary source collection, Library of Congress. Available online at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html; website home page: http://memory.loc.gov (accessed May 12, 2003).
About the Author: Edward Albert Filene (1860–1937) was born in Salem, Massachusetts. Along with his brother Lincoln, Edward established Filene's department store in downtown Boston. This pioneering business blended mass...
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