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John Wanamaker’s Innovation: Part III

October 15, 2025

In the 1870s, John Wanamaker built a famous department store designed to embrace his Christian values. Wanamaker constantly innovated new marketing ideas, but one expensive idea was the Wanamaker Organ. Designed for the St Louis World’s Fair, Wanamaker installed an organ into his department store. This organ had over 10,000 pipes and cost $105,000, which ...

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