This Week in Business History

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When did the word “robot” enter the English language? When did the famous Sears catalogue finally bid us all adieu? On ‘This Week in Business History,’ host Scott Luton connects the dots as he leads us down memory lane, shining a light on some of the most significant leaders, companies, innovations – and even lessons learned – from our collective business history. Tune in for some of the most relevant business and global supply chain events from years past. You never know when the events of the day from years ago will inspire a new way forward for your business.

Episode Date
This Week in Business History LIVE! With Theodora Lau
Sep 06, 2022
This Week in Business History for August 30th: The Man with the Red Star Tattoo- R. H. Macy
Aug 30, 2022
This Week in Business History LIVE! - with Keith Singleton
Aug 23, 2022
This Week in Business History for August 16th: Julia Child- "Only a Businesswoman"
Aug 16, 2022
This Week in Business History LIVE! With Rob Tiffany
Aug 09, 2022
This Week in Business History for August 1st: Tasting Stars with Dom Perignon
Aug 02, 2022
This Week in Business History LIVE! with Scott Luton and Jenny Froome
Jul 26, 2022
This Week in Business History for July 19th: Remembering John Wanamaker, Merchant Prince of Philadelphia
Jul 19, 2022
This Week in Business History LIVE! with Scott & Allison
Jul 12, 2022
This Week in Business History for July 5th: "Honest, intelligent, and unprejudiced" - The Wall Street Journal.
Jul 05, 2022
This Week in Business History for June 28th: The 1890’s Revolution in Home Kitchens & Cooking
Jun 28, 2022
This Week in Business History LIVE with Scott and Kelly
Jun 21, 2022
This Week in Business History for June 14th: Economics in the Age of Enlightenment: Adam Smith (1723-1790)
Jun 14, 2022
This Week in Business History for May 31st: 18th Century Supply Chain Disruption- The Boston Port Act
May 31, 2022
This Week in Business History for May 24th: Transforming American Advertising with Mary Wells Lawrence
May 24, 2022
This Week in Business History for May 17th: Quality That Never Goes Out of Style- The Levi’s Story
May 17, 2022
This Week in Business History for May 10th: Dewey Hecht - The Intriguing Mind Behind Books on Tape
May 10, 2022
This Week in Business History for May 3rd: Unions, Censorship, & Sound- The Genesis of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
May 03, 2022
This Week in Business History for April 19th: Cross-word Mamma You Puzzle Me
Apr 19, 2022
This Week in Business History for April 12th: Kickin' A Big Ol' Dent in the Universe- Steve Jobs & John Sculley
Apr 12, 2022
This Week in Business History for April 5th: The Sweetest Comeback in the History Of Ever
Apr 05, 2022
This Week in Business History for March 29th: What's Up with Wabash & More Tech Business History
Mar 29, 2022
This Week in Business History for March 22nd: Lovin' an Elevator
Mar 22, 2022
This Week in Business History for March 15th: 4 Things You Didn't Know About Liz Claiborne Inc
Mar 15, 2022
This Week in Business History for March 8th: The Buck Starts Here- The History of U.S. Paper Money
Mar 08, 2022
This Week in Business History for March 1st: 4 Things You Didn't Know About the OREO
Mar 01, 2022
This Week in Business History for February 22nd: Drivers! Start… your… engines! The History of NASCAR
Feb 22, 2022
This Week in Business History for February 15th: The Business of Valentine's Day
Feb 15, 2022
This Week in Business History for February 8th: Nobody Ran Like John Deere
Feb 08, 2022
Business History Classic: 6 Things You Didn't Know About Black History
Feb 01, 2022
This Week in Business History for January 25th: ‘Hold My Beer’ – The Genesis of Everyone’s Favorite Can
Jan 25, 2022
This Week in Business History for January 17th: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Reginald F. Lewis
Jan 18, 2022
This Week in Business History for January 10th: The Truth, Myth, and Legacy of the Bread and Roses Strike (1912)
Jan 11, 2022
This Week in Business HIstory for January 3rd: National Trivia Day- 5 Things You Didn't Know about Trivial Pursuit
Jan 04, 2022
This Week in Business History for December 20th: Bah Humbug- The Economics of Charles Dickens' London
Dec 20, 2021
This Week in Business History for December 13th: What You Don't Know About the Colonel's Chicken and the Company Behind Cherry Garcia
Dec 13, 2021
This Week in Business History for December 6th: A Birdseye View on the Frozen Foods Industry
Dec 06, 2021
This Week in Business History for November 29th: 5 Things You Didn't Know About the History of Video Games
Nov 29, 2021
This Week in Business History for November 22nd: Talking Turkey- The Business of Thanksgiving
Nov 22, 2021
This Week in Business History for November 15th: Lessons Learned From Wilma Mankiller, Edwin Hubble & Rose Knox
Nov 15, 2021
This Week in Business History for November 8th: From Mary Anderson to Tesla- 120 Years of Windshield Wiper Innovation
Nov 08, 2021
This Week in Business HIstory for November 1st: 5 Things You Didn't Know About the Sandwich Industry
Nov 01, 2021
This Week in Business History for October 25th: The Great (Failed) Social Experiment of Prohibition Begins: The Passage of the Volstead Act
Oct 25, 2021
This Week in Business History for October 18th: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Blockbuster
Oct 18, 2021
This Week in Business HIstory for October 11th: Controversial Nobel Prize Laureates Milton Friedman (1976) and John Nash (1994)
Oct 11, 2021
This Week in Business History for October 4th: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Ray Kroc
Oct 04, 2021
This Week in Business History for September 27th: A Trio of Inventions that Tell Curious Tales
Sep 27, 2021
This Week in Business History for September 20th: The Stories of 3 Unsung Heroes: Olive Ann Beech, Fred Harvey & Bayard Rustin
Sep 20, 2021
This Week in Business History for September 13th: Fixing Edison’s Lightbulb: The Story of Lewis Howard Latimer (1848 – 1928)
Sep 13, 2021
This Week in Business History for September 6th: The History of Labor Day
Sep 06, 2021
This Week in Business Histort for August 30th: Everyone knows it’s Slinky
Aug 30, 2021
This Week in Business History form August 23rd: 5 Key Components of Dick Rutland's Business Journey
Aug 23, 2021
This Week in Business History for August 16th: Laying the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
Aug 16, 2021
This Week in Business History for August 9th: From a Single Air Mattress to $3.4B in Revenue- The Story of Airbnb
Aug 09, 2021
This Week in Business History for August 2nd: Signs of Progress at the Corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue
Aug 02, 2021
This Week in Business History for July 26th: 6 Cities with Surprising Business Ties You Didn't Know
Jul 26, 2021
This Week in Business History for July 19th: Cooking the Books at WorldCom
Jul 19, 2021
This Week in Business History for July 12th: 6 Things You Didn't Know About Sir Richard Branson
Jul 12, 2021
This Week in Business History for July 5th: "Honest, intelligent, and unprejudiced" - The Wall Street Journal.
Jul 05, 2021
This Week in Business History for June 28th: The History of the U.S. Interstate Highway System
Jun 28, 2021
This Week in Business History for June 21st: 3 Things You May Not Know About Alan Turing, Marie Curie & Ed Bradley
Jun 21, 2021
This Week in Business HIstory for June 14th: Cars, Coasters, & Computers- 3 Ways We Moved Faster
Jun 14, 2021
This Week in Business History for June 7th: Samuel "Slater the Traitor," Father of the American Industrial Revolution
Jun 07, 2021
This Week in Business History for May 24th: Lillian Gilbreth, the Mother of Modern Management
May 24, 2021
This Week in Business History for May 17th: 9 Things You Didn't Know About Tina Fey
May 17, 2021
This Week in Business History for May 10th: The Rise of the "Oracle of Omaha"
May 10, 2021
This Week in Business History for May 3rd: The Birth & Rise of The Clorox Company
May 03, 2021
This Week in Business History for April 26th: Sustainability in Action & the History of the COP
Apr 26, 2021
Business History for April 19th: 10 Things You Didn't Know About the Suez Canal
Apr 19, 2021
This Week in Business History for April 12th: And Justice for All – Metallica takes Napster to Court
Apr 12, 2021
An Entertainment Industry Pioneer: An Interview with Ellen Snortland
Apr 05, 2021
Business History for March 29th, 2021: Recent Lessons Learned with Troy Montgomery, DBA
Mar 29, 2021
Business History for March 22nd, 2021: The Stories Behind Stuckey's & Liquid Paper
Mar 22, 2021
Business History for March 15th, 2021: The Diesel Engine, Female Pioneers in Medicine & More
Mar 15, 2021
This Week in Business History for March 8th: Ford Mustangs, Coke in Bottles, & the Burst of the Dot Com Bubble
Mar 08, 2021
This Week in Business History for March 1st: 4 Historical Facts That You May Have Forgotten
Mar 01, 2021
This Week in Business History for February 22nd: 6 Things You Didn't Know About Black History
Feb 22, 2021
This Week in Business History for February 15th: 6 Things You Didn't Know About Katherine Johnson
Feb 15, 2021
This Week in Business History for February 8th: Introducing the Word "Robot"
Feb 08, 2021
This Week in Business History: 2020 Year in Review with Dyci Sfregola
Feb 01, 2021
This Week in Business History for Jan 25th: The First Amazon - 6 Things You Didn't Know About Sears
Jan 25, 2021
This Week in Business History for January 18th: 7 Cities That Shaped Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Journey
Jan 18, 2021
This Week in Business History for January 11th: 10 Things I Bet You Didn't Know About Jeff Bezos
Jan 11, 2021
This Week in Business History for January 4th: The Stories of Katharine Gibbs & Fred Gregory
Jan 04, 2021
This Week in Business History for December 28th: The Origin Story of Stan Lee
Dec 28, 2020
This Week in Business History for December 21st: The Rise of Mary Barra at General Motors
Dec 21, 2020
This Week in Business HIstory for December 14th: What You Didn't Know About the Wright Brothers
Dec 14, 2020
This Week in Business HIstory for December 7th: Grace Hopper & Technology for All
Dec 07, 2020
This Week in Business History for November 30th: The Genius that was Tony Hsieh
Nov 30, 2020
This Week in Business History for November 23rd: The Story of the Macy's Parade
Nov 23, 2020
This Week in Business History for November 16th: The Rise of Rose Knox
Nov 16, 2020
This Week in Business History for November 9th: DeWitt Wallace, Nellie Bly, & More
Nov 09, 2020
This Week in Business History for November 2nd: The Spruce Goose is Loose
Nov 02, 2020
This Week in Business History for October 26th: The Surprising Story of the Erie Canal
Oct 26, 2020
This Week in Business History for October 19th: Alfred Nobel, The Dodge Brothers, Martha Rountree, & More
Oct 19, 2020
This Week in Business History for October 12th: The Jean Nidetch & Weight Watchers Story
Oct 12, 2020
This Week in Business History for October 4th: The Birth & Rise of Instagram
Oct 05, 2020
"This Week in Business History for September 28th: George Washington Jenkins & The Birth of Publix"
Sep 28, 2020
This Week in Business History for September 21st: The Story & Passion Behind Honda Motor Company Ltd
Sep 21, 2020
This Week in Business History for September 14th: JC Penney, Karsten Solheim, & More
Sep 14, 2020
This Week in Business History for September 7th: The Story Behind Labor Day
Sep 07, 2020
This Week in Business History for August 31st: How Glen Bell Jr. Transformed Fast Food
Aug 31, 2020
This Week in Business History for August 24th: Windows 95, Malvin Russell Goode, & More
Aug 24, 2020
"This Week in Business History for August 17th: Retail & Radio Legends are Born"
Aug 17, 2020
"This Week in Business History for August 10th: Fender, Fred, Free Market, & More"
Aug 09, 2020
"This Week in Business History for August 3rd: Elisha Otis Lifts the World Up"
Aug 03, 2020
"This Week in Business History for July 27th: The Past, Present, & Future of the Cannabis Industry"
Jul 27, 2020
"This Week in Business History for July 20th: The Legacy of the Apollo Program"
Jul 20, 2020
"This Week in Business History for July 13th: Boeing Takes Off in the Pacific Northwest"
Jul 14, 2020
"This Week in Business History for July 6th: The Birth of the Coca-Cola Company"
Jul 07, 2020
"This Week in Business History for June 29th: The U.S. Interstate Highway System"
Jul 06, 2020
"June 22nd- This Week in Business History: The Birth of the Universal Product Code"
Jul 05, 2020
"June 15th- This Week in Business History: Goodyear, IBM, & More"
Jul 04, 2020