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Baby Department

If you go to a department store, you’ll see the Men’s department, the Women’s department, and the Children’s department. So why do so many stores have a department that’s called simply “Baby”? Grant attributes the non-possessive nomenclature of stores like Baby Gap to tradition in the retail industry. This is part of a complete episode.

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