The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--and HowIt's Transforming the American Economy
Jan 2006 · Sold by Penguin
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"Highly readable, incisive, precise, and even elegant." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Insightful." —BusinessWeek
Wal-Mart isn’t just the world’s biggest company, it is probably the world’s most written-about. But no book until this one has managed to penetrate its wall of silence or go beyond the usual polemics to analyze its actual effects on its customers, workers, and suppliers. Drawing on unprecedented interviews with former Wal-Mart executives and a wealth of staggering data (e.g., Americans spend $36 million an hour at Wal-Mart stores, and in 2004 its growth alone was bigger than the total revenue of 469 of the Fortune 500), The Wal-Mart Effect is an intimate look at a business that is dramatically reshaping our lives.
"Insightful." —BusinessWeek
Wal-Mart isn’t just the world’s biggest company, it is probably the world’s most written-about. But no book until this one has managed to penetrate its wall of silence or go beyond the usual polemics to analyze its actual effects on its customers, workers, and suppliers. Drawing on unprecedented interviews with former Wal-Mart executives and a wealth of staggering data (e.g., Americans spend $36 million an hour at Wal-Mart stores, and in 2004 its growth alone was bigger than the total revenue of 469 of the Fortune 500), The Wal-Mart Effect is an intimate look at a business that is dramatically reshaping our lives.
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November 1, 2011
A very journalist approach to one of the most popular but mysterious enterprise in the world. Very interesting narration on the supply chain relationship and the confidentiality of Walmart. Hope for an more in-deep follow up of the books from Charles Fishman or other authors.
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December 27, 2011
A powerful study of Wal-Mart's history and the methodical methods leading to it's success. This book offers both praise and warning about the industrial juggernaut, shedding light on how it's wake affects it's workers, suppliers, and even national economies.
Armando Ramirez
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July 16, 2014
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About the author
Charles Fishman has been a senior editor at the Orlando Sentinel and the News & Observer and is now a senior editor at Fast Company. In 2005 he won the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award for business journalism.
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