Mal Coven

Broschiertes Buch

How I Succeeded in Retirement and the Biway Story

Beschreibung

Coven reveals the secrets behind the founding and development of the Biway, a hugely successful discount chain that predated the coming of Wal-Mart to Canada. Over a 28-year period, the Biway grew to 249 stores across eight provinces, delivering quality merchandise at low markups and low prices never before seen in a chain store in the country. Interwoven throughout are stories of the author's many passions.

Autor

Mal Coven, the son of Jewish immigrants from the Russian empire, grew up in Mattapan, a working-class neighborhood of Boston. His education in business began with his father, a custom peddler who walked door to door and floor to floor, selling merchandise and extending credit to fellow immigrants in Boston. He is a graduate of the renowned Boston Latin School and Boston College. Coven went from stock boy to boys' buyer at Filene's, "The World's Largest Specialty Store," in Boston. In 1961, he got really lucky when his brother-in-law Abe Fish in Toronto invited him to become a partner in two stores that were to lead to the successful Biway discount chain. He lives in Toronto.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Touchladybirdlucky Studios
• New
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 753g
• ISBN-13: 9781926645858
• ISBN-10: 1926645855
• Artikelnr.: 35425815