The Mega-Brands That Built America
The innovations, failures and incredible achievements of some of the most successful businesses in history, from megastores like Costco and Walmart to shipping giants like FedEx and UPS, that forever changed the way Americans live.
Genre: Documentary, History
Cast:Campbell Scott , Adam Richman , Gary Hoover , Eric Rolland , Stuart Maxheimer , Bill Rancic , John Gionis , Matt Rydzewski , Linus Ignatius , Jeremy Moulton , Natalia Mehlman Petrzela , Drew Allen , Mitch Markowitz , Ken Zurski
S1.E1 ∙ Battle of the Superstores
Founding fathers of the biggest retail stores in the world battle to be the first to innovate, build, and revolutionize the industry. And one of the top businessmen of the 20th century, Sam Walton, will construct the world's largest retail empire.
S1.E2 ∙ The World Delivered
A century ago, shipping packages was slow and shipping overnight was impossible, until two Seattle brothers risk everything to reinvent shipping packages for all; a tenacious Yale graduate creates a world-famous express delivery service.
S1.E3 ∙ A Whole New Ballgame
The evolution of America's most beloved sports of Baseball, Basketball and Football are made possible by the innovations of sporting goods pioneers named Spalding, Wilson, and the Rawlings brothers.
S1.E4 ∙ Dirty Work
In the late 1800s Americans rarely bathed, lived in filthy conditions and deadly diseases were commonplace. But James Gamble and Harley Procter invent a revolutionary new soap that revolutionizes America and opens up a market to entrepreneurs including King Gillette and Jacob Schick whose bitter rivalry will birth the shaving industry as we know it, spawning a new billion-dollar industry and changing Americans daily lives forever.
