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A party of the annals of small, independent retail and the storyline of how mother & pop stores in the united states still prosper on attentive customer support and restored community support for local businesses.
Business journalist Robert Spector was raised working in his family's butcher shop in Perth Amboy, NJ, where he learned very helpful lessons about the independent retail business-and about life. Mom & pop stores have always helped bring people collectively, fostering a sense of neighborhood personality and camaraderie, and are the glue that connects people in big metropolitan areas and small cities alike. Long fascinated with the "direct connection" people feel as sellers and customers when they conduct business in neighborhood retailers, and giving an answer to the growing "buy local" activity in the united states, Spector models out to find the state of hawaii, and the state of mind, of independent retailing in the us. From a specialty soda pop shop in Los Angeles to a florist shop in Dayton, Ohio, from a bakery in Chicago to a bookstore in Bellingham, Washington, mother & pop store owners distributed their reports with him, uncovering the soul and tenacity of the small business owner, dealing with annoyance and defeat as well as triumph and success. Spector also interweaves the annals of independent retailing. The Mom & Pop Store displays the story of the country, for it embraces and cross-references every cultural group and virtually every element of your society.
