Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1950s woman writing a shopping list with daughter - Afro Newspaper/gado/Getty Images The 20th century brought with it a tsunami of ...

Southdale Center in Edina, Minn., America’s first enclosed mall, in the 1950s. Shopping centers may have been pedestrian-friendly in their way, but they were nevertheless islands in a sea of parking. ...

The 20th century brought with it a tsunami of innovations for the home cook and shopper. The first modern grocery store appeared in 1916, where customers could pull their own items off store shelves.