Skip to main content Smithsonian Institution

Cornering the market independent grocers and innovation in American small business Susan V. Spellman

Catalog Data

Author:
Spellman, Susan V. 1971-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource illustrations
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2016
Notes:
Elecresource
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
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
Topic:
Grocery trade--History  Search this
Small business--History  Search this
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Commerce  Search this
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Marketing--General  Search this
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Sales & Selling--General  Search this
Grocery trade  Search this
Small business  Search this
Call number:
HD9321.5 .S64 2016 (Internet)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160634