Henry Morgan (merchant) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Henry Morgan (merchant) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Morgan traveled to Europe on merchandise buying trips and it was in Paris, France he visited Le Bon Marché, that country's first department store. Impressed by what he saw, and aware Americans had begun copying the idea, in 1866 he opened what became the first department store in Canada. The business occupied four floors of a new building on St. James Street, carrying a selection of merchandise with a wholesale cost of more than half a million dollars. Morgan came up with the idea for window displays, frequently changing the products in order to catch the eye of passers-by."