Cornering the Market - Independent Grocers and Innovation in American Small Business

Zusatztext [Spellman] provides readers with a fascinating description of the role of independent grocers in spurring innovation within the retail function in the 19th century ... Highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor Susan V. Spellman is Assistant Professor of History at Miami University. Born and raised in Ohio, she spent several years working in the retail grocery trade as a cashier, produce clerk, stocker, and bagger before pursuing academics. Her work has been published in Enterprise & Society and the Journal of Popular Culture. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Corner Store Folklore 1. From Grog Shops to Grocery Stores 2. The Keys to Modernization 3. Trust Brokers on the Road 4. Avoiding the Middleman 5. Making Small Business Big Conclusion: Looking Backward, Moving Forward Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Susan V Spellman, Susan V. Spellman, Susan V. (Assistant Professor Spellman, Spellman Susan V.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.05.2016
• EAN: 9780199384273
• ISBN: 978-0-19-938427-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Distribution, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Retail sector, Retail and wholesale industries