The answer to this could be a history lesson so lets not. The history of stores must go back to Mesopotamian times, as this is where we see recorded trading taking place.
1354
it was invented to store data
Cold Stone Creamery's first store opened in Tempe, Arizona in 1988.
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Invented by the Comfortable Chair Store
2005
in a store
The PC monitor, was developed from the CRT tube. It was first used in computing by the EDSAC, which also used it to store data.
The first train was invented in 1814,and the first car was invented in 1672. So, the car was first invented.
Vans were invented in 1966. On March 16 of that year, the founders of Vans opened their first store in Anaheim, California. Twelve customers bought shoes from them that day.
The wright brothers invented the first airoplane
To store information/memory, because the computer itself had very little storage space back when it was invented.