• The South Improvement Company was a short-lived Pennsylvania corporation founded in late 1871 which existed until the state of Pennsylvania suspended...
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  • oil business. The company was perceived to own and control all aspects of the trade. In 1872, Rockefeller joined the South Improvement Co. which would have...
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    Pratt and Company. In the early 1870s, Pratt and Rogers became involved in conflicts with John D. Rockefeller's infamous South Improvement Company, which...
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    of the South Improvement Company which had been published in 1873. Standard Oil and Rockefeller had its roots in the South Improvement Company's illegal...
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    Lowe's Companies, Inc. (/loʊz/ LOHZ) is an American retail company specializing in home improvement. Headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, the...
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    John D. Rockefeller (category American company founders)
    attempt to create a cartel to control freight rates, formed the South Improvement Company offering special deals to bulk customers like Standard Oil, outside...
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  • Masters Home Improvement was an Australian home improvement chain operated by two retailers; Woolworths and Lowe's. It was established as a way for Woolworths...
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  • Handy Andy Home Improvement Centers was founded as Arrow Lumber Company by Joseph Rashkow in 1947 on the south side of Chicago. His son, Ronald Rashkow...
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    attempt to create a cartel to control freight rates, formed the South Improvement Company in collusion with Standard and other oil men outside the main...
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    Menards (category Home improvement retailers of the United States)
    American big-box home improvement retail chain headquartered in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It is the third-largest home improvement retailer in the United...
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