Question

Which description of Aristide Boucicaut is correct? A. He was an author whose novels showed that human beings are shaped by their environment. B. He was a traveling salesman who built the world's first department store in Paris. C. He was a wealthy baron and the administrator in charge of the renovation of Paris. D. He was a chemist who discovered a link between microbes and contagious diseases.

Answer 1

Aristide Boucicaut was a traveling salesman who built the world's first department store in Paris. Option B is correct.

Aristide Boucicaut was known as a French entrepreneur who created the first modern department store know as Le Bon Marché to sell lace, ribbons, sheets, mattresses, buttons, umbrellas, and the like. It was founded in 1838. it constituted one of the first modern department stores.

Answer 2

Aristide Boucicaut is best defined as being a traveling salesman who built the world's first department store in Paris.