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1871 founded organization of same name

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There was apparently an organization also named "The London Co-operative Society" formed in January 1871, as a way of "extending the Co-operative principle of trading to the public generally" which operated retail stores, the first of which opened in May 1871. Seven stores were open by mid-1872. First year sales of the Co-operative were £18,000, which compared favorable with first year sales by the Civil Service Supply Association, at £21,000, and of the Civil Service Co-operative Society, at £14,000, which together in 1872 had sales in excess of £1,000,000. As of 1872, the shareholders numbered 800, with 2,200 "tickets" sold, which I take to be annual memberships.

  • "The London Co-operative Society (limited)". Pall Mall Gazette. London. 1 June 1872. p. 14. Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via Newspspers.com.