Ford vs Chevrolet - Tin Lizzie Becomes Roadkill | 1
In 1896, Henry Ford puttered around Detroit streets testing his “Quadricycle.” This was the whimsical beginning to a revolution that redesigned the landscape of America.Cars changed the way America li...
23 Dec 201930min
Macy’s vs Gimbels - Last Store Standing | 6
It’s the 1960s and as Americans flee cities for the suburbs, Macy’s and Gimbels face tough choices. How do they compete with the rise of discount retailers and the exciting new shopping palaces known ...
18 Dec 201922min
Macy’s vs Gimbels - Wartime Wagers | 5
In the late 1930s Gimbels makes a risky bet by stockpiling goods likely to be scarce in wartime. They also snap up their rival’s star copywriter, who does the best work of her career at their shop. Th...
16 Dec 201922min
Macy’s vs Gimbels - Diversify or Die | 4
It’s the 1920s and wealthy flappers and captains of industry have money to burn for raccoon coats and monogrammed sterling silver hip flasks. Gimbels makes a risky acquisition of Saks Fifth Avenue, th...
11 Dec 201925min
Macy’s vs Gimbels - Showdown over Manhattan | 3
It’s nearing the turn of the 19th century, and the Straus Brothers now run Macy’s emporium out of a dozen cobbled together stores in lower Manhattan. The next generation of Straus’s pressure the old g...
9 Dec 201920min
Macy’s vs Gimbels - Fathers, Sons, and Civil War | 2
As R.H. Macy’s Manhattan emporium and reputation grow during the Civil War, his teenage son rebels and runs away to join the Union army. When the boy goes AWOL, the future of Macy’s burgeoning departm...
4 Dec 201922min
Macy’s vs Gimbels - The Frontiersman and the Whaler | 1
It's the mid 1800s and two very different young men set out in the world to make their fortunes. A young boy from Nantucket spends four years at sea on a whaling ship, the other becomes an itinerant p...
2 Dec 201921min
The Raisin Cartels - Gambling the Future | 3
In the midst of their heated negotiations over the price of raisins, the CEO of Sun-Maid and the head of the Raisin Bargaining Association face off, each making their pitch about the state of the rais...
27 Nov 201921min
