The project will analyze the transformation of the Swedish trade in goods. Goods trade, i.e. wholesale and retail trade, is an important sector whose history has not been written in a comprehensive way. The focus is on institutional change and important innovations during the period 1750-2010. By institutions I mean legislation, but also the more informal agreements and rules that have influenced trade in goods and its conditions. Regarding innovations, i.e. new technologies and new forms of organization, I will investigate how general innovations such as cars, telephones, computers, factories, Taylorism have affected the trade in goods. An important task is also to investigate how new ways of conducting trade in goods such as fixed stores, department stores, self-service, single-level warehouses, etc. have been introduced and spread within the Swedish trade in goods. The major shifts in terms of institutions and innovations that I identify will form the basis for the periodization. Much is known about the history of goods trade. However, much of this knowledge is scattered across many different books and essays and needs to be compiled. But there are also a lot of knowledge gaps that need to be filled by primary research. In addition to knowing more about the entire period 1750-1900, we also need to find out more about the development of the 20th century in terms of wholesale trade, specialist trade and the early activities of trade associations.