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The mom & pop store : how the unsung heroes of the American economy are surviving and thriving / Robert Spector.

Mom and pop store (other title)

Summary:

Business journalist Spector celebrates the history of small, independent retail stores and how mom and pop businesses across the country still thrive on attentive customer service and community support.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0802716059
  • ISBN: 9780802716057
  • Physical Description: 293 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: New York : Walker & Co., 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Working-class hero -- Perth Amboy -- Zeyde (grandfather) : founder of our family business -- The rise of the merchant -- Working alongside mom & pop -- Independence -- Passion and persistence -- Reinvention -- There goes the neighborhood -- Connection -- Hard times -- If your neighbor has it to sell.
Subject:
Couple-owned business enterprises > United States > History.
Small business > Social aspects > United States > History.

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  • 1 of 2 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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