Retail Nation

Woo! Picked this up to start reading more Canadian history books and it was fascinating. Most people I know have some special memories about the Sears Christmas catalogue and this book details the beginning of Canada's largest department and mail-order retail stores in English Canada (a little bit about the ones in mnt but not in as much depth) largely Eatons, Simpsons, and the Hudson's Bay Company from 1800s to 1940 ish.