Cornering the market : independent grocers and innovation in American small business /
Spellman, Susan V., 1971-
Cornering the market : independent grocers and innovation in American small business / Susan V. Spellman. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780190495503 (ebook) : No price
Grocery trade--History.--United States
Small business--History.--United States
HD9321.5 / .S64 2016
381.4564130973
Cornering the market : independent grocers and innovation in American small business / Susan V. Spellman. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780190495503 (ebook) : No price
Grocery trade--History.--United States
Small business--History.--United States
HD9321.5 / .S64 2016
381.4564130973