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| When he wasn’t milking cows or doing various other farms chores, he was playing store with his brother. After working in dry goods stores in New York and Pennsylvania, he opened his own store. Believing that cheaper priced items could be profitable if enough were sold and if customers were allowed to handle the merchandise. He had 1,000 “five-and-ten-cent” stores by 1911, and two years later he built the world’s tallest building in New York for his corporate offices. Until recently, his stores were part of most American landscapes. Who Could It Be?
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