Department Store
Department Store: Everything under one roof, and a restaurant on the top floor. A department store is forty shops under one roof and one name, and each…
Everything under one roof, and a restaurant on the top floor. Run the building a whole town dresses up to visit.
A department store is forty shops under one roof and one name, and each department is judged on its sales per square foot against the rest. The customer comes for the restaurant, the lifts and the Christmas grotto, and stays to open an account. The building is the biggest asset and the biggest cost, and the stock in it is chosen by buyers who can make a season or lose one.
- Setup costs
- £550,000 to £5,500,000
- Competition
- Medium
- Category
- Shops & High Street Services
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