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windows. Although this was condemned by many, he defended his practice in his memoirs, claiming that he "sold from the window more goods...than paid journeymen's wages and the expenses of housekeeping. Display windows at
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was one of the first to experiment with this new retailing method at his tailoring establishment in
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The first display windows in shops were installed in the late 18th century in
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Arch-headed display windows of a heritage listed shop front from 1847 at
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to the store. Usually, the term refers to larger windows in the front
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displaying items for sale or otherwise designed to attract
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Window dress
Window covering
Window treatment

Sværtegade 3
Copenhagen
British English
American English
window
shop
customers
façade
London
conspicuous consumption
Francis Place
Charing Cross
plate glass
boutiques
mannequins
merchandise
window dresser
figure of speech
deceptive
storefront
"Shop window_СollinsDictionary"
"Holiday window displays can help lure shoppers, study says"
the original
Robertson's Book of Firsts: Who Did What for the First Time
ISBN
9781608197385

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