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The Two Tycoons: A Personal Memoir
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(Clore), David Clutterbuck and Marion Devine (1987).
Clore: The
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Nothing Over Half a Crown:
A Personal History of the Founder of the G.J. Coles Stores.
(Victoria, NSW: Loch Haven Books, 102 p.). Coles, George James,
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Turner (2003).with Sears)
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to join the venture. In 1896, he became a vice president of Sears,
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(Simpson-Sears Ltd.), Charles Luther Burton (1952).
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(Retail trade)--United States--History; Businesspeople--United
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(Target), Laura Rowley (2003).
On Target: How the World's
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(Wal-Mart), Vance H. Trimble (1990).
Sam Walton: The inside
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Walton, Sam, 1918-; Wal-Mart (Firm)--History; Businesspeople--United
States--Biography; Millionaires--United States--Biography; Discount
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Sam Walton, Made
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(Wal-Mart), Sandra S. Vance, Roy V. Scott (1994).
Wal-Mart: A
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What's Wrong at Wal-Mart?:
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In Sam We Trust: The Untold Story
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(Firm)--History; Discount houses (Retail trade)--United
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(Wal-Mart), Robert Slater (2003).
The Wal-Mart Decade: How a
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Discount houses (Retail trade)--United States--History;
Businessmen--United States--Biography; Retail trade--United
States--Management--Case studies; Success in business--United
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Leadership--United States--Case studies; Corporations--United
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(Wal-Mart), Michael Bergdahl (2004).
What I Learned from Sam
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How Wal-Mart Is Destroying America (and the world) and What You Can Do
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Wal-Mart (Firm); Discount houses (Retail trade)--United States; Retail
trade--United States--Personnel management; Small business--United
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(Wal-Mart), Don Soderquist (2005).
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(Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 259 p.). Former Wal-Mart Executive. Wal-Mart
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Ten key areas Walton considered the most
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(Retail trade)--United States; Retail trade--United States--Personnel
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Distinguished Professor of Economics (Ohio University); Principal of
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Business History Links
Museum of Discount Stores of the '60s
http://www.wtvzone.com/dpjohnson/60sdiscountstores/ index.html.
First-generation discount department stores which began springing up in
selected areas as early as 1956--those 65,000 to 110,000 square foot
shrines to inexpensive merchandise for the masses with interior walls
painted aqua, salmon and dull yellow, with huge, gaudy signs in the
midst of the parking lot which often had a large, red arrow pointing
straight at the store and rows of neon tubing or flashing light bulbs.
Look back at a few of the great old discount department stores of days
gone by...with one noteable exception, as you will see.
Sears Archives
http://www.searsarchives.com/
In 1887, a man named Richard Sears placed an ad in the Chicago Daily
news that read: "WANTED: Watchmaker with reference who can furnish
tools. State age, experience, and salary required". A young Hoosier
named Alvah C. Roebuck responded and six short years later, the
corporate firm of Sears, Roebuck and Co. came into existence. The
company became well known for its famed mail-order catalogues
(discontinued in 1993), and the fair and expedient services it provided
to thousands of rural families. This site brings some of the Sears
corporate history to life through narrative historical essays on the
company's development, a fine history of its legendary "Big-Book"
catalog, and individual store histories as well. For those with an
interest in the Sears Modern Homes (sold by Sears from 1908-1940), there
is also a great section on these structures, which although not
innovative in their designs were part of a broader effort to extend home
ownership to the general public. The site is rounded out by a selection
of annual company reports and facts about the history of the company.
The Woolworths Virtual Museum
http://museum.woolworths.co.uk/
To mark the 125th anniversary of the first store opening, our Virtual
Museum provides the first permanent archive of the Company's history -
taking the store right up to the present day. It's mainly British but
includes a little from overseas. You can see pictures of the displays
that our great, great, great grandparents shopped before the Great War
of 1914-18, visit some of the factories that manufactured the ranges of
the 1930s, listen to our first records, and celebrate the bravery of our
colleagues through two world wars. The exhibits are arranged in
"e-Galleries", each on a different theme. Some show a span of time (for
example "the 1910s") while others concentrate on one of our ranges (like
"Music and Video").
