The innovations, failures and incredible achievements of some of the most successful businesses in history, from megastores like Costco and Walmart to shipping giants like FedEx and UPS, that forever changed the way Americans live.
EPISODE 1
Battle of the Superstores
The founding fathers of the biggest retail stores in the world battle to be the first to innovate, build, and revolutionise the industry. One of the top businessmen of the 20th century, Sam Walton, constructs the world's largest retail empire.
EPISODE 2
The World Delivered
Two Seattle brothers risk everything to reinvent the way that the world ships packages, making it possible to deliver packages overnight.
EPISODE 3
A Whole New Ballgame
The evolution of America's most beloved sports of baseball, basketball and football are made possible by the innovations of sporting goods pioneers named Spalding, Wilson, and the Rawlings brothers.
EPISODE 4
Dirty Work
In the late 1800s, Americans rarely bathe. They live in filthy conditions and deadly diseases are commonplace. But James Gamble and Harley Procter invent a revolutionary new soap that revolutionises America and opens up a market to entrepreneurs.
End of the Landlines
International telecommunications companies battle to produce the most popular mobile phone, developing flip phones, ringtones and text messaging; Blackberry combines the features of a computer with a mobile phone to make a smartphone.
Internet Killed the Video Store
A database software engineer is inspired to create a bigger, family-friendly video store, Blockbuster; an opening appears for two software executives in California to take on the media giant with their online subscription service, Netflix.
Kim Woodard
Greg Henry
Isaac Holub
George Kralovansky
Shari Ortner
Brian Burstein
Harry Courniotes
Jim Pasquarella
Brandy Crawford-Uriu
