Wanamaker

Japanese: ワナメーカー
Wanamaker
1838‐1922
American businessman. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After working as a bookseller and clothing salesman, he opened Brown, Wanamaker & Co., a men's clothing store, in 1861 with his brother-in-law Nathan Brown. After Brown's death in 1868, he founded John Wanamaker & Co. the following year and expanded the company to become the largest men's clothing retailer in the country. In 1875, he purchased a freight yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad and began operating a department store, a new style of store that brought a variety of specialty shops under one roof.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
1838‐1922
アメリカの実業家。ペンシルベニア州フィラデルフィアに生まれる。書店員や衣料品セールスマンを経て,1861年義兄ネーサン・ブラウンとの共同出資で紳士物衣料店ブラウン・ワナメーカー商会を開いた。68年にブラウンが死に,翌69年にジョン・ワナメーカー社を設立し,国内最大の紳士物衣料小売店にまで発展させた。75年ペンシルベニア鉄道の貨物置場を購入し,そこで各種専門店を一つ屋根の下に集めた新しい様式の店舗である百貨店事業に着手した。

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