Product Description

" He was born into a seafaring family on Nantucket, but after one voyage on a whaleship, turned his back on the sea. He saw four businesses fail before he launched the store that would make his name known the world over. R.H. Macy transformed the world of shopping. His New York shop became the model for the modern department store, and by his death in 1878 was recording sales of over $1 million a year. R.H. MACY tells the complete story of this retail pioneer and the empire that has grown up around his name. Rare photographs and expert commentary trace his false starts and failed ventures including a California store built during the Gold Rush. Go inside the very first New York Macy's, and learn how the Straus family who ran a wholesale china venture from Macy's basement took over the business on his death and transformed it into the world's largest single store. From his seaside childhood to the name that is synonymous with shopping the world over, this is the story of a commercial colossus."

Product Details

• #117581 in VHS
• Released on: 2000-02-08
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Black & White, Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1