Service and retail timeline

By ehorscroft
  • 6000 BCE

    START OF THE INDUSTRY

    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.