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Record 1 2010-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic and Industrial Sociology
  • Sales (Marketing)
CONT

In a true rags to riches story, Wosk arrived in Canada in 1928 as a penniless Russian immigrant without a word of English. He worked with his father as a street peddler, picking up goods that had been thrown away, fixing them up, and re-selling them at a nominal profit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie économique et industrielle
  • Vente
CONT

Il se peut qu'un vendeur à la sauvette essaie de vendre sous le manteau des châles moins licites : les shatoosh, des châles encore plus fins fabriqués avec les poils des bouquetins de l'Himalaya, une espèce en danger d'extinction.

OBS

Trabendou : En Algérie, vendeur à la sauvette.

Spanish

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