The Mega-Brands That Built America
The Mega-Brands That Built America
TV ShowReturning Series

The Mega-Brands That Built America

8.4 / 10
2023
3 seasons
22 episodes
Documentary

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.

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The Mega-Brands That Built America | New Nonfiction Series Premieres Sun. July 23 at 10/9c | History

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Seasons

  • Battle of the Superstores

    1.Battle of the Superstores

    23-07-202342m

    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 cen...

  • The World Delivered

    2.The World Delivered

    30-07-202342m

    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...

  • A Whole New Ballgame

    3.A Whole New Ballgame

    06-08-202342m

    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...

  • Dirty Work

    4.Dirty Work

    13-08-202342m

    In the 1800s, when Americans barely bathed and deadly diseases were commonplace, James Gamble and Harley Procter invent a new soap that revolutionizes America and opens up a market...

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