The Mega-Brands That Built America

The Mega-Brands That Built America is the newest series in History's "That Built" franchise, telling the origin stories of the most successful businesses in history: from mega-stores like Costco and Walmart to sporting goods giants like Spalding and Wilson, titans like Ivory Soap, Schick and Gillette, to shipping giants like Fedex and UPS, and countless more of the biggest brands in history.

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S1 E1 - Battle of the Superstores
July 22, 2023
43min
TV-PG
The founding fathers of the biggest retail stores in the world battle to be the first to innovate, build and revolutionize the industry.
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S1 E2 - The World Delivered
July 29, 2023
43min
TV-PG
100 years ago, shipping packages was slow, and shipping overnight was impossible, until two Seattle brothers risk everything to reinvent shipping packages for all.
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S1 E3 - A Whole New Ballgame
August 5, 2023
43min
TV-PG
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.
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S1 E4 - Dirty Work
August 12, 2023
43min
TV-PG
In the late 1800s Americans rarely bathed, lived in filthy conditions and deadly diseases were commonplace. But James Gamble and Harley Procter invent a revolutionary new soap that cleans America.
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