Service and retail timeline

By ehorscroft
  • START OF THE INDUSTRY
    6000 BCE

    START OF THE INDUSTRY

    dates back more than 10,000 years (7th millennium)
  • FIRST EVIDENCE OF RETAIL IN ASIA AND INDIA

    FIRST EVIDENCE OF RETAIL IN ASIA AND INDIA

    China and India largest economies in the world from 1 to 1800 AD
  • Technology that has helped enhance the industry

    Technology that has helped enhance the industry

    Marking, customer service, productivity and communication: eg telephone dated back to 1876
  • Significant periods or developments for the industry.

    Significant periods or developments for the industry.

    in 2016 the U.S retail industry generated $1.087 trillion. thats 5.9 percent of U.S gross domestic product.