Summary Of Marc Levinson S The Great A P And The Struggle For Small Business In America

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Category : Business & Economics
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Summary of Marc Levinson's The Great A&P And The Struggle For Small Business In America by Everest Media Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 In September 1946, federal judge Walter C. Lindley ruled that George L. Hartford, the patriarch of the wealthy Hartford family, and other AP executives had conspired to break the Sherman Antitrust Act. #2 The Great Atlantic Pacific Tea Company was the largest retailer in the world, and its influence stretched from coast to coast. #3 The Hartfords were an unlikely pair. George L. Hartford was the company’s cautious leader, while John A. Hartford was its aggressive leader. They were a formidable team. #4 The Great Atlantic Pacific Company was the center of both men’s lives. Neither ever worked anywhere else, and they treated the company as their family.

Author : Marc Levinson
Publisher : Hill and Wang
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0809095432

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The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America by Marc Levinson Pdf

One of The Wall Street Journal's Best Non fiction Books of 2011. From modest beginnings as a tea shop in New York, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company became the largest retailer in the world. It was a juggernaut, the first retailer to sell $1 billion in goods, the owner of nearly sixteen thousand stores and dozens of factories and warehouses. But its explosive growth made it a mortal threat to hundreds of thousands of mom-and-pop grocery stores. Main Street fought back tooth and nail, enlisting the state and federal governments to stop price discounting, tax chain stores, and require manufacturers to sell to mom and pop at the same prices granted to giant retailers. In a remarkable court case, the federal government pressed criminal charges against the Great A&P for selling food too cheaply—and won. The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America is the story of a stunningly successful company that forever changed how Americans shop and what Americans eat. It is a brilliant business history, the story of how George and John Hartford took over their father’s business and reshaped it again and again, turning it into a vertically integrated behemoth that paved the way for every big-box retailer to come. George demanded a rock-solid balance sheet; John was the marketer-entrepreneur who led A&P through seven decades of rapid changes. Together, they built the modern consumer economy by turning the archaic retail industry into a highly efficient system for distributing food at low cost.

Author : Enrico Adriano Raffaelli
Publisher : Primento
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9782802741831

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Antitrust between EU law and national law / Antitrust fra diritto nazionale e diritto dell'Unione Europea by Enrico Adriano Raffaelli Pdf

This work contains the papers of the Tenth Conference on “Antitrust between EU Law and national law”, held in Treviso on May 17 and 18 , 2012 under the patronage of the European Lawyers Union – Union des Avocats Européens (UAE), the Associazione Italiana per la Tutela della Concorrenza - the Italian section of the Ligue Internationale du Droit de la Concurrence (LIDC)-, the Associazione Italiana Giuristi di Impresa (AIGI), the European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA), and the Associazione Antitrust Italiana (AAI). Some of the papers have been extensively reviewed and updated by the authors prior to publication. Contributions contained in this volume are the result of an in-depth analysis and study of the most salient issues arising from the application of antitrust rules, carried out by experienced and high-ranking professionals, company lawyers, academics and EU/national institutional representatives who attended the Conference. They deal with extremely topical issues, lying at the heart of current antitrust debate. Some of the most contemporary topics include those relative to the large-scale distribution sector and the control of concentrations at both national and European level. Ample consideration is also given to salient antitrust issues encountered in undertakings’ day-to-day business life, as well as to the future of antitrust in the global economy, also in the light of the new powers recently attributed to the Italian Antitrust Authority to challenge administrative acts. This volume also includes some precious insights on the assessment and quantification of damages in antitrust infringements, from both an economic and legal perspective, as well as reflections on the role of judges in the application of antitrust law, also following the principles set forth by the European Court of Human Rights in the well-known Menarini case.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1246 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Canadian periodicals
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119897598

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Canadian Periodical Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Avis H. Anderson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0738510386

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A & P by Avis H. Anderson Pdf

In 1859, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, known everywhere as A&P, began as a mail-order business located at 31 Vesey Street in downtown Manhattan. In 1925, A&P operated more than thirteen thousand grocery stores nationwide, with more than forty thousand employees. By 1950, approximately ten cents out of every dollar spent on food in the United States passed over A&P counters. A&P: The Story of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company tells the story of how cofounder George Huntington Hartford and his sons John and George brought A&P to a popularity with consumers that few companies have ever achieved. This stunning collection of vintage photographs shows such nostalgic scenes as the elegant early stores, their gleaming window displays, and the red horse-drawn delivery wagons with the A&P logo emblazoned on their sides. Shoppers choose from rows of colorful merchandise and fresh produce; uniformed storekeepers make change from ornate registers; and the founder's son tastes A&P's Eight O'Clock coffee. A&P is still an industry leader, and A&P: The Story of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company shows why, from the Hartford family's legacy to the generations of shoppers who depend on A&P for fair prices and quality food. This is the history of the supermarket where America grew up shopping.

Author : Brad Stone
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982132620

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Amazon Unbound by Brad Stone Pdf

Portrait of the growth of tech company Amazon and the evolution of its billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1312 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Finance
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127774698

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The Wall Street Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marc Levinson
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780465096565

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An Extraordinary Time by Marc Levinson Pdf

The decades after World War II were a golden age across much of the world. It was a time of economic miracles, an era when steady jobs were easy to find and families could see their living standards improving year after year. And then, around 1973, the good times vanished. The world economy slumped badly, then settled into the slow, erratic growth that had been the norm before the war. The result was an era of anxiety, uncertainty, and political extremism that we are still grappling with today. In An Extraordinary Time, acclaimed economic historian Marc Levinson describes how the end of the postwar boom reverberated throughout the global economy, bringing energy shortages, financial crises, soaring unemployment, and a gnawing sense of insecurity. Politicians, suddenly unable to deliver the prosperity of years past, railed haplessly against currency speculators, oil sheikhs, and other forces they could not control. From Sweden to Southern California, citizens grew suspicious of their newly ineffective governments and rebelled against the high taxes needed to support social welfare programs enacted when coffers were flush. Almost everywhere, the pendulum swung to the right, bringing politicians like Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan to power. But their promise that deregulation, privatization, lower tax rates, and smaller government would restore economic security and robust growth proved unfounded. Although the guiding hand of the state could no longer deliver the steady economic performance the public had come to expect, free-market policies were equally unable to do so. The golden age would not come back again. A sweeping reappraisal of the last sixty years of world history, An Extraordinary Time forces us to come to terms with how little control we actually have over the economy.

Author : Rose George
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780805096040

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Ninety Percent of Everything by Rose George Pdf

Eye-opening and compelling, the overlooked world of freight shipping, revealed as the foundation of our civilization On ship-tracking websites, the waters are black with dots. Each dot is a ship; each ship is laden with boxes; each box is laden with goods. In postindustrial economies, we no longer produce but buy. We buy, so we must ship. Without shipping there would be no clothes, food, paper, or fuel. Without all those dots, the world would not work. Freight shipping has been no less revolutionary than the printing press or the Internet, yet it is all but invisible. Away from public scrutiny, shipping revels in suspect practices, dubious operators, and a shady system of "flags of convenience." Infesting our waters, poisoning our air, and a prime culprit of acoustic pollution, shipping is environmentally indefensible. And then there are the pirates. Rose George, acclaimed chronicler of what we would rather ignore, sails from Rotterdam to Suez to Singapore on ships the length of football fields and the height of Niagara Falls; she patrols the Indian Ocean with an anti-piracy task force; she joins seafaring chaplains, and investigates the harm that ships inflict on endangered whales. Sharply informative and entertaining, Ninety Percent of Everything reveals the workings and perils of an unseen world that holds the key to our economy, our environment, and our very civilization.

Author : William I. Walsh
Publisher : Lyle Stuart
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0818403829

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The Rise and Decline of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company by William I. Walsh Pdf

Traces the history of A&P from its founding in 1859 to the present, and analyzes the managerial mistakes which led to its near collapse

Author : James W. Cortada
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 747 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262547826

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IBM by James W. Cortada Pdf

A history of one of the most influential American companies of the last century. For decades, IBM shaped the way the world did business. IBM products were in every large organization, and IBM corporate culture established a management style that was imitated by companies around the globe. It was “Big Blue, ” an icon. And yet over the years, IBM has gone through both failure and success, surviving flatlining revenue and forced reinvention. The company almost went out of business in the early 1990s, then came back strong with new business strategies and an emphasis on artificial intelligence. In this authoritative, monumental history, James Cortada tells the story of one of the most influential American companies of the last century. Cortada, a historian who worked at IBM for many years, describes IBM's technology breakthroughs, including the development of the punch card (used for automatic tabulation in the 1890 census), the calculation and printing of the first Social Security checks in the 1930s, the introduction of the PC to a mass audience in the 1980s, and the company's shift in focus from hardware to software. He discusses IBM's business culture and its orientation toward employees and customers; its global expansion; regulatory and legal issues, including antitrust litigation; and the track records of its CEOs. The secret to IBM's unequalled longevity in the information technology market, Cortada shows, is its capacity to adapt to changing circumstances and technologies.

Author : Marc Grau Grau,Mireia las Heras Maestro,Hannah Riley Bowles
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Culture
ISBN : 9783030756451

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Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality by Marc Grau Grau,Mireia las Heras Maestro,Hannah Riley Bowles Pdf

This aim of this open access book is to launch an international, cross-disciplinary conversation on fatherhood engagement. By integrating perspective from three sectors -- Health, Social Policy, and Work in Organizations -- the book offers a novel perspective on the benefits of engaged fatherhood for men, for families, and for gender equality. The chapters are crafted to engaged broad audiences, including policy makers and organizational leaders, healthcare practitioners and fellow scholars, as well as families and their loved ones.

Author : Stephen Budiansky
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307743633

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Blackett's War by Stephen Budiansky Pdf

A Washington Post Notable Book In March 1941, after a year of devastating U-boat attacks, the British War Cabinet turned to an intensely private, bohemian physicist named Patrick Blackett to turn the tide of the naval campaign. Though he is little remembered today, Blackett did as much as anyone to defeat Nazi Germany, by revolutionizing the Allied anti-submarine effort through the disciplined, systematic implementation of simple mathematics and probability theory. This is the story of how British and American civilian intellectuals helped change the nature of twentieth-century warfare, by convincing disbelieving military brass to trust the new field of operational research.

Author : Steven D. Strauss
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118238776

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The Small Business Bible by Steven D. Strauss Pdf

An updated third edition of the most comprehensive guide to small business success Whether you're a novice entrepreneur or a seasoned pro, The Small Business Bible offers you everything you need to know to build and grow your dream business. It shows you what really works (and what doesn't!) and includes scores of tips, insider information, stories, and proven secrets of success. Even if you've run your own business for years, this handy guide keeps you up to date on the latest business and tech trends. This Third Edition includes entirely new chapters devoted to social media, mobility and apps, and new trends in online discounting and group buying that are vital to small business owners everywhere. New chapters include: How to use Facebook, Twitter, and other social media tools to engage customers and potential stakeholders How to generate leads and win strategic partnerships with LinkedIn How to employ videos and YouTube to further your brand What you need to know about Groupon and group discount buying What mobile marketing can do for your business Give your small business its best shot by understanding the best and latest small business strategies, especially in this transformative and volatile period. The Small Business Bible offers every bit of information you'll need to know to succeed.

Author : Paul Collier,David Dollar
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 082135048X

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Globalization, Growth, and Poverty by Paul Collier,David Dollar Pdf

Globalization - the growing integration of economies and societies around the world, is a complex process. The focus of this research is the impact of economic integration on developing countries and especially the poor people living in these countries. Whether economic integration supports poverty reduction and how it can do so more effectively are key questions asked. The research yields 3 main findings with bearings on current policy debates about globalization. Firstly, poor countries with some 3 billion people have broken into the global market for manufactures and services, and this successful integration has generally supported poverty reduction. Secondly, inclusion both across countries and within them is important as a number of countries (pop. 2 billion) are failing as states, trading less and less, and becoming marginal to the world economy. Thirdly, standardization or homogenization is a concern - will economic integration lead to cultural or institutional homogenization?