. "The motto ‘Everything for Everybody Everywhere’ (Omnia Omnibus Ubique) and telegraphic address of ‘Everything London’ reflected its ever-widening range of merchandise and services. During this period of retail revolution, Harrods, innovative as ever, introduced Britain’s first ever escalator and pioneered telephone shopping." (History of Harrods)
. Stalls _regularly set up & dismantled -> Shops _permanent with living space above or behind -> Shopping Arcade _covered pedestrian alley -> Shopping Mall _multi-level (Researching the history of shops in the British Isles)
. "Previously, stores were austere places. Shoppers would be escorted in simply to buy. Browsing was forbidden. ... The American entrepreneur stumbled on his concept accidentally on his first visit to London. ... Women, who were only just beginning to enjoy walking alone without gentleman escorts, wanted something more - and Selfridges became the perfect day out." (Selfridges celebrates 100 years of shopping: The first ever mall)
. The Covered Market (market) - 1774; Harding Howell & Co. (1st department store) - 1809; Burlington Arcade (covered shopping arcade) - 1819; Harrods (single shop) - 1849; Liberty (department store) - 1875; Harrods (department store) - 1880; Selfridges (department store) - 1909; Westfield (shopping mall) - 2008
. "Harrods featured one of the world's first escalators in 1898." (History of Harrods department store)
. "Shopping, that had become the fashion among the upper class women in the 18th century, now came into its own. ... Although the Royal Exchange, the first ever British shopping mall, opened already in 1568, the time of the shopping mall, the galleria and then department store was just beginning." (Regency Shopping)
. "In 1786 Sophie von Roche marveled about Oxford Street that 'behind the great glass windows absolutely everything one can think of is neatly, attractively displayed, and in such abundance of choice as almost to make one greedy'. With larger windows interiors also became better lit. No longer must the customer of a fashionable shop take the product offered into the street to view it properly. Window-shopping became the new pastime of both mistress and servant." (Regency Shopping)
_Almost everything happened at Oxford Street, no wonder why from the beginning I like that street the most in London.
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