Minding the store : a memoir : facsimile edition for Neiman Marcus 90 years / Stanley Marcus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marcus, Stanley, 1905-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Businesspeople--Biography.

Businesspeople.

Marcus, Stanley, 1905-.

Marcus, Stanley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stanley Marcus spent most of his life helping to create the retail enterprise Neiman Marcus, and his business philosophies remain an important part of the training of the store's personnel. This is both a portrait of a man and a celebration of the store that is a well-known landmark in Texas.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Genesis; 2. Exodus; 3. Crisis; 4. Weathering the Depression; 5. Over the Hump; 6. The War Years; 7. Waiting for the War to End; 8. Taking Over the Reins; 9. Running a Store with a Split Personality; 10. Europe and the Fortnights; 11. The Christmas Catalogue; 12. Texas under Three Economies; 13. The Growing of a Family; 14. Collecting; 15. Deep in the Heart of Fashion; 16. Strictly Personal; 17. Critical Decisions; 18. Credo; Index

Notes:

Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, c1974.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-299-47192-7

1-57441-522-0

0-585-41813-6

OCLC:

829460252