Timothy Eaton and the Rise of His Department Store
In 1869, when Timothy Eaton opened his small dry goods store on Yonge Street in Toronto, the term ''department store'' was unknown in North America and in Europe. By the 1890s the phrase had entered the language. In Canada, the single biggest factor in that change was Eaton himself, an Irish immigrant with little formula education. Twenty years after it opened, his Toronto store was unquestionably...
In 1869, when Timothy Eaton opened his small dry goods store on Yonge Street in Toronto, the term ''department store'' was unknown in North America and in Europe. By the 1890s the phrase had entered the language. In Canada, the single biggest factor in that change was Eaton himself, an Irish immigrant with little formula education. Twenty years after it opened, his Toronto store was unquestionably...
