Context: The Paris department store had its roots in the magasin de nouveautés, or novelty store; the first, the Tapis Rouge, was created in 1784. They flourished in the early 19th century, with La Belle Jardiniere (1824), Aux Trois Quartiers (1829), and Le Petit Saint Thomas (1830). Balzac described their functioning in his novel César Birotteau. In the 1840s, with the arrival of the railroads in Paris and the increased number of shoppers they brought, they grew in size, and began to have large plate glass display windows, fixed prices and price tags, and advertising in newspapers.

Question: What were the origins of the Paris department store? 
Answer: magasin de nouveautés

Question: What year was the first Paris department store founded? 
Answer: 1784

Question: What book described the functionality and operation of a contemporary Paris department/novelty store?
Answer: César Birotteau

Question: What factors influenced the increase of department stores in Paris? 
Answer: the arrival of the railroads in Paris and the increased number of shoppers they brought

Question: Where did department stores begin to advertise after the large influx of new shoppers?
Answer: newspapers

Question: What weren't the origins of the Paris department store?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What year was the last Paris department store founded? 
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What year was the first Paris department store closed? 
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What factors influenced the decrease of department stores in Paris? 
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Where did department stores begin to advertise after the large influx of old shoppers?
Answer: Unanswerable