Clarence Saunders and the Founding of Piggly Wiggly: The Rise & Fall of a Memphis Maverick
The grocery business began as a complicated service industry. Random pricing, inconsistent quantities, and prescriptive salesman made grocery shopping burdensome. It took one brash Memphian with uncommon vision and unbridled ambition to change everything. Clarence Saunders worked his way out of poverty and obscurity to found Piggly Wiggly in 1916. With an unprecedented approach, he virtually invented the concept of the modern self-service grocery store. Stores flourished, franchises spread, and Saunders made millions. Yet just as the final bricks of Pink Palace his garish marble mansion were being laid, Saunders went bankrupt, and he was forc…
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- ISBN: 978-1-60949-285-4
- EAN: 9781609492854
- Produktnummer: 11494994
- Verlag: History Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 158 S.
- Masse: H22.6 cm x B15.0 cm x D1.3 cm 272 g
- Gewicht: 272
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