He said, "I had a lot of trouble, I took it to department stores and I said, why don't you sell this?

他说，当时我遇到了很多麻烦，我把它拿到百货公司，我说，你们为何不销售这个呢？

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Penney, Targetand May Department Stores aren't subject to the same social criticism.

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But she remains optimistic that she'll stay in business, because Jackson offers the kind of personal, by-appointment service that isn't available in department stores today.

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Since UPS began shuttling parcels from Seattle department stores with a Model T Ford and a few motorcycles in the early 1900s, it has become an almost invisible hand in the U.S. economy (see chart).

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