Editing Department store (section)

===Innovation (1917–1945)===
In the middle of the 1920s, American management theories such as the [[scientific management]] of [[Frederick Winslow Taylor|F.W. Taylor]] started spreading in Europe. The [[International Management Institute, Geneva|International Management Institute]] (I.M.I.) was established in Geneva in 1927 to facilitate the diffusion of such ideas. A number of department stores teamed up together to create the [[International Association of Department Stores]] in Paris in 1928 to have a discussion space dedicated to this retail format.{{expand section|date=October 2020}}

{|table class=wikitable
|+Table of department store "firsts"
! Year
! Store
! City/<br/>Metro area
! "First"
! Source
|-
| 1923
| [[I. Magnin]] [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]]
| [[Greater Los Angeles|Los Angeles]]
| First suburban department store (not including hotel/resort stores)
| <ref>{{cite book |last1=Longstreth |first1=Richard |title=Branch Stores 1910-1960 |date=1 December 2009 |url=http://www.departmentstorehistory.net/attachments/BranchStoreWeb.doc |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 1930
| [[Suburban Square]]
| [[Philadelphia metropolitan area|Philadelphia]]
| First department store branch to anchor a suburban shopping center
| <ref name="inq"/>
|}