Cornering the market [electronic resource] : independent grocers and innovation in American small business / Susan V. Spellman.
2016
HD9321.5 .S64 2016eb
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Cornering the market [electronic resource] : independent grocers and innovation in American small business / Susan V. Spellman.
ISBN
9780190495503 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : illustrations
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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199384273 doi
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HD9321.5 .S64 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
381.4564130973
Summary
Popular stereotypes of Rockwellian storekeepers have characterized grocery retailers as backward and resistant to modernizing impulses. Cornering the Market challenges these conventions to show that early grocers were important but unsung innovators, revolutionizing business practices from the bottom, and transforming the grocery trade from local enterprises to a nationwide industry.
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Popular stereotypes of Rockwellian storekeepers have characterized grocery retailers as backward and resistant to modernizing impulses. Cornering the Market challenges these conventions to show that early grocers were important but unsung innovators, revolutionizing business practices from the bottom, and transforming the grocery trade from local enterprises to a nationwide industry.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: corner store folklore
From grog shops to grocery stores
The keys to modernization
Trust brokers on the road
Avoiding the middleman
Making small business big
Conclusion: looking backward, moving forward.
From grog shops to grocery stores
The keys to modernization
Trust brokers on the road
Avoiding the middleman
Making small business big
Conclusion: looking backward, moving forward.