Which retail innovation, first implemented in 1916, revolutionized shopping by allowing customers to select their own merchandise without clerk assistance?

Before the days of one-click purchases and next-day delivery, retail underwent transformative changes that shaped how we shop today. This trivia question explores a pivotal moment in retail history that fundamentally changed the consumer experience. Test your knowledge of how shopping evolved from traditional counter service to the self-service model that dominates modern retail!

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Piggly Wiggly's self-service grocery store
Sears Roebuck's mail-order catalog system
Marshall Field's department store credit cards
F.W. Woolworth's fixed-price "five and dime" model