Steel's :: a forgotten stock market scandal from the 1920s /
This book is about the rise and fall of the retail empire created by Leonard Rambler Steel. Like a Silicon Valley tycoon, he sprang into new ventures with enthusiasm and foresight. At its height, his chain store operation had 75 stores spread over 61 cities in the United States and Canada. He hired...
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| Zusammenfassung: | This book is about the rise and fall of the retail empire created by Leonard Rambler Steel. Like a Silicon Valley tycoon, he sprang into new ventures with enthusiasm and foresight. At its height, his chain store operation had 75 stores spread over 61 cities in the United States and Canada. He hired women in management and elderly people in his sales force, and anticipated some of the retail models that are used in the twenty-first century by global companies such as Ikea and Wal-Mart. His most remarkable insight was to recognize the marketing potential of the new medium of silent film. In 1921, he created a 3-hour film about his life and company that was screened for free all over North America. The movie, a precursor to the infomercial, attracted prospective buyers for the 5,000 salespeople who sold the company's stock. Almost 60,000 people bought the stock, three times the number who bought into Charles Ponzi's better-known scheme. Eventually, his big ideas became too grandiose, such as developing Niagara Falls into a permanent international exhibition dedicated to commerce and technology, and the investors lost all their money when the company collapsed in 1923 amid fraud charges. With no other published accounts of this scandal, the story told in this book was doomed to be lost forever until the author discovered the document trove that brought it back to life. The remarkable creativity and foresight of the founder makes for a fascinating tale of failure by someone who had what it takes to succeed. The L. R. Steel Company could have been Wal-Mart - but ended up like Enron. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xxx, 157 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-151) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780815652069 0815652062 |
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| spelling | Dyer, Dave, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013000511 Steel's : a forgotten stock market scandal from the 1920s / Dave Dyer. First edition. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2013 1 online resource (xxx, 157 pages) : illustrations, portraits text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-151) and index. The man who did almost everything right : the right business at the right time in the right place -- The creative promise of the L.R. Steel Company : ten thousand lollipops -- Inventing the infomercial : fifty endings -- The life of a salesman at the L. R. Steel Company : "how's yer pep?" -- The stores : the best fifty-cent chicken dinner in Canada -- The Denver miracle : "meet me at Steel's corner" -- The late-night meeting : "well, folks, here we are" -- L.R.'s last train ride : "I was awakened by a peculiar sound" -- Was it a Ponzi scheme? : would a crook live next to a chicken farm? -- What went wrong? : failure is an option -- The legacy of failure : life goes on - or not -- Postscript. This book is about the rise and fall of the retail empire created by Leonard Rambler Steel. Like a Silicon Valley tycoon, he sprang into new ventures with enthusiasm and foresight. At its height, his chain store operation had 75 stores spread over 61 cities in the United States and Canada. He hired women in management and elderly people in his sales force, and anticipated some of the retail models that are used in the twenty-first century by global companies such as Ikea and Wal-Mart. His most remarkable insight was to recognize the marketing potential of the new medium of silent film. In 1921, he created a 3-hour film about his life and company that was screened for free all over North America. The movie, a precursor to the infomercial, attracted prospective buyers for the 5,000 salespeople who sold the company's stock. Almost 60,000 people bought the stock, three times the number who bought into Charles Ponzi's better-known scheme. Eventually, his big ideas became too grandiose, such as developing Niagara Falls into a permanent international exhibition dedicated to commerce and technology, and the investors lost all their money when the company collapsed in 1923 amid fraud charges. With no other published accounts of this scandal, the story told in this book was doomed to be lost forever until the author discovered the document trove that brought it back to life. The remarkable creativity and foresight of the founder makes for a fascinating tale of failure by someone who had what it takes to succeed. The L. R. Steel Company could have been Wal-Mart - but ended up like Enron. Print version record. English. Steel, L. R, 1878-1923. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013000523 Steel, L. R, 1878-1923 fast Investment advisors United States Case studies. Fraud United States Case studies. Ponzi schemes United States Case studies. Financial services industry Corrupt practices United States Case studies. Services financiers Pratiques déloyales États-Unis Études de cas. Ponzi, Plans États-Unis Études de cas. Fraude États-Unis Études de cas. Conseillers en placements États-Unis Études de cas. SOCIAL SCIENCE Criminology. bisacsh HISTORY United States 20th Century. bisacsh Financial services industry Corrupt practices fast Fraud fast Investment advisors fast Ponzi schemes fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq Case studies fast has work: Steel's (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGJ3mYMbxfWfft93mTk8T3 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Dyer, Dave. Steel's. First edition. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2013 9780815610120 (DLC) 2012050446 (OCoLC)813949511 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBU FWS_PDA_EBU https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=714474 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Dyer, Dave Steel's : a forgotten stock market scandal from the 1920s / The man who did almost everything right : the right business at the right time in the right place -- The creative promise of the L.R. Steel Company : ten thousand lollipops -- Inventing the infomercial : fifty endings -- The life of a salesman at the L. R. Steel Company : "how's yer pep?" -- The stores : the best fifty-cent chicken dinner in Canada -- The Denver miracle : "meet me at Steel's corner" -- The late-night meeting : "well, folks, here we are" -- L.R.'s last train ride : "I was awakened by a peculiar sound" -- Was it a Ponzi scheme? : would a crook live next to a chicken farm? -- What went wrong? : failure is an option -- The legacy of failure : life goes on - or not -- Postscript. Steel, L. R, 1878-1923. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013000523 Steel, L. R, 1878-1923 fast Investment advisors United States Case studies. Fraud United States Case studies. Ponzi schemes United States Case studies. Financial services industry Corrupt practices United States Case studies. Services financiers Pratiques déloyales États-Unis Études de cas. Ponzi, Plans États-Unis Études de cas. Fraude États-Unis Études de cas. Conseillers en placements États-Unis Études de cas. SOCIAL SCIENCE Criminology. bisacsh HISTORY United States 20th Century. bisacsh Financial services industry Corrupt practices fast Fraud fast Investment advisors fast Ponzi schemes fast |
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