Which retailer pioneered the first self-service shopping concept in 1916, fundamentally changing how consumers interacted with stores by allowing them to select their own merchandise without clerk assistance?

Before the age of Amazon and digital shopping, innovative retailers changed how people shopped and established enduring legacies in commerce. This poll explores a pivotal moment in retail history when one visionary entrepreneur transformed the shopping experience. Test your knowledge about the origins of modern retail concepts that we now take for granted but were revolutionary in their time.

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Clarence Saunders with Piggly Wiggly
Frank W. Woolworth with Woolworth's 5 & 10
Sebastian S. Kresge with S.S. Kresge Company (later Kmart)
James Cash Penney with J.C. Penney