Emporium
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Emporium is a term used for a store selling a wide variety of goods, and for marketplace
s or trading
centres in ancient cities (see emporia (ancient Greece)
and emporia (early medieval)
).
The term is also used for:
Emporium is also a place name:
Marketplace
A marketplace is the space, actual, virtual or metaphorical, in which a market operates. The term is also used in a trademark law context to denote the actual consumer environment, ie. the 'real world' in which products and services are provided and consumed.-Marketplaces and street markets:A...
s or trading
Trade
Trade is the transfer of ownership of goods and services from one person or entity to another. Trade is sometimes loosely called commerce or financial transaction or barter. A network that allows trade is called a market. The original form of trade was barter, the direct exchange of goods and...
centres in ancient cities (see emporia (ancient Greece)
Emporia (ancient Greece)
Emporia, sing emporion were places which the traders of one nation had reserved to their business interests within the territory of another nation. Famous emporia include Sais where Solon went to acquire the knowledge of Egypt, Elim where Hatshepsut kept her Red Sea fleet...
and emporia (early medieval)
Emporia (early medieval)
The term 'emporia' is applied to trading settlements which emerged in north-western Europe in the sixth to seventh centuries, and persisted into the ninth century...
).
The term is also used for:
- North Emporium Inc.North Emporium Inc.North Emporium, Inc. is an American conglomerate corporation founded in 2008. It is headquartered in San Diego, California, United States, and its securities are currently private...
, a North American conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Diego - The Emporium, San Francisco, a former department store chain located in San Francisco, California
- Troutman's EmporiumTroutman's EmporiumTroutman's Emporium was a chain of department stores founded in 1955 by Dallas Troutman in North Bend, Oregon. Emporium's headquarters was located in Eugene, Oregon. Emporium operated stores in Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California and Washington...
, a former department store chain located in Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Idaho - Emporium (Bangkok), a department store in Bangkok, Thailand
- Emporium (short stories)Emporium (short stories)Emporium is the debut short-story collection by San Francisco writer and Stanford University Jones Lecturer Adam Johnson. Emporium collected nine stories that previously appeared in American literary journals and magazines. Penguin published the paperback edition in 2003...
, the debut short-story collection of San Francisco writer and Stanford Jones Lecturer Adam Johnson
Emporium is also a place name:
- Emporium (Jamestown, California), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Tuolumne County, California
- The Emporium, a house located at the University of Illinois on First St., and home to the Illinois Sales Organization (ISO).
- Emporium (Marshall, Michigan), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Calhoun County, Michigan
- Emporium, PennsylvaniaEmporium, PennsylvaniaEmporium is a borough in Cameron County, Pennsylvania, west-northwest of Williamsport. Early in the twentieth century, it had large powder plants and manufactories of radio tubes, incandescent lamps, paving brick, flour, iron, lumber, sole leather, etc. In 1900, 2,463 people lived in Emporium, and...
, in the United States
See also
- EmpúriesEmpúriesEmpúries , formerly known by its Spanish name Ampurias , was a town on the Mediterranean coast of the Catalan comarca of Alt Empordà in Catalonia, Spain. It was founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea with the name of Ἐμπόριον...
town founded with the name of Ἐμπόριον, in 575 BC, by Greek colonists from Phocaea - Emporia (ancient Greece)Emporia (ancient Greece)Emporia, sing emporion were places which the traders of one nation had reserved to their business interests within the territory of another nation. Famous emporia include Sais where Solon went to acquire the knowledge of Egypt, Elim where Hatshepsut kept her Red Sea fleet...
, places which the traders of one country had reserved to their business interests within the territory of another country - Emporia (disambiguation)
- Emporia (early medieval)Emporia (early medieval)The term 'emporia' is applied to trading settlements which emerged in north-western Europe in the sixth to seventh centuries, and persisted into the ninth century...