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Long Wholesale company history timeline

1906

At Marshall Field & Co., as late as 1906, about two-thirds of the annual sales volume of $73 million came from the wholesale department.

1922

In 1922, Erst Long, Sr. founded Tippah Wholesale Company in Ripley, Mississippi.

The first shopping mall was technically an outdoor shopping plaza that opened in 1922 in Kansas City.

1925

At John V. Farwell & Co., wholesaling ended even earlier, in 1925.

1940

The business quickly grew and in 1940 Alcorn Wholesale was opened in Corinth, Mississippi.

1941

Carson Pirie Scott & Co., which (like Field's) had a growing retail business, closed its wholesale department in 1941.

1950

The first universal credit card that could be used at multiple establishment was the Diners Club card in 1950.

1958

The first bank-run credit card was started by Bank of America in 1958.

1960

By 1960, there were more than 4,500 malls accounting for 14% of all retail sales.

1962

In 1962 the first Walmart opened its doors in Rogers, Arkansas.

1995

Amazon was established in 1995 as a simple online bookseller.

2014

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2018

The growth of sales in physical stores in 2018 was merely 3.7%. Meanwhile, ecommerce sales saw a 15% jump.

Flash forward to 2018 and they are being outpaced and underpriced by online retailers to the point that they filed for bankruptcy.

2020

Current projections show that by 2020, 90% of businesses will use social media for a portion of their customer service.

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