Sol Price, Waterbear
Sol Price, Waterbear
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Sol Price
retail revolutionary and social innovator

Author: Waterbear, Price, Robert E

Narrator: Waterbear

Unabridged: 6 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/09/2025

Synopsis

"Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary and Social Innovator, recounts the extraordinary life of a man who profoundly impacted the shopping habits of consumers in the United States and throughout much of the world. Written by Sol's son Robert Price, this narrative--part biography and part memoir--provides a unique insight into his father's life ... As a retail revolutionary, Sol's creative brilliance changed the way we shop, first with FedMart in 1954, the retail format copied by Walmart, Kmart, and Target in 1962, and then, with the Price Club, the warehouse club format adopted by Costco and Sam's Club in 1983. Self-service shopping in large florescent-lit buildings has become part of the American culture and is now the predominant mode of shopping thought most of the world"--Jacket

Reviews

Goodreads review by Trung on May 20, 2017

The book is underwhelming, considering it's written by the son of Sol Price, "the father of retail businesses" in America, founder of Price Club (merged with Costco). Robert Price also works under Sol Price and was the CEO of Price Club. The language was informative and allows readers to understand......more

Goodreads review by Jung on October 29, 2023

Sol Price was a pioneer in the retail industry and a philanthropist known for his innovative ideas and ethical principles. His journey from a successful lawyer to a revolutionary retail entrepreneur is detailed in the book "Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary and Social Innovator" by Robert E. Price. Th......more

Goodreads review by Alex on May 03, 2024

A good book on the life of an influential businessman. For my taste, I would've preferred more on the price club /Costco business and less on his legal prat and charitable donations.......more

Goodreads review by Joyce on May 24, 2015

I should say that this book was given to me to read. I also am a Costco employee for the last 23 years. I won't lie. That is the only reason I read it. The book gets five because I never never never read biographies. The fact that I finished it was the deciding factor. Favorite quote "The man who di......more

Goodreads review by Henry on September 18, 2023

- Sol Price was the founder of Price Club, which eventually merged to become Costco of today - Perhaps one of the biggest competitive advantage for Price was he did not come from retail: he was a successful lawyer before founding his first retail warehouse (which initially was aimed at selling to dis......more

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