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Series · 2023–Returning

The Mega-Brands That Built America

8.4·4 seasons·28 episodes·42 min avg.·United States of 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.

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Battle of the SuperstoresUp next
Jul 23, 2023

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.

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The World Delivered
Jul 30, 2023

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.

03
A Whole New Ballgame
Aug 6, 2023

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.

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Dirty Work
Aug 13, 2023

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 to entrepreneurs. This includes King Gillette and Jacob Schick whose bitter rivalry will birth the billion-dollar shaving industry as we know it, and changing Americans daily lives forever.

Cast

2 credited
Campbell Scott
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Gary Hoover
Self - Executive Director, American Business Center

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