The Wal-Mart Effect
How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--and How It's Transforming the American Economy




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Book Description
An award-winning journalist breaks through the wall of secrecy to reveal the many astonishing ways Wal-Mart's power affects our lives and reaches all around the world.
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powells published on Mon, 6 Sep 2010
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The Price of Pickles
The moment of revelation is a little different for every person who experiences it. For Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, the road to Damascus came in the form of a pair of knickers. At the time – 1945 – Walton was in his late twenties, and was runnin ... (read full critics)
lrb published on Sat, 4 Sep 2010
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Danger: Falling Prices
THE GOOD: An insightful look at the effect, for good and bad, of Wal-Mart's focus on price-cutting. THE BAD: Did author Fishman get Wal-Mart's side? Not personally. Company quotes are all from outside sources. THE BOTTOM LINE: A successful look at how Wal-Mart works and how it is transforming the U. ... (continue)
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- English Books
- Hardcover 304 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1594200769
- ISBN-13: 9781594200762
- Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
- Pub date: Jan 19, 2006
- Dimensions: 1548 mm x 1032 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD, Others and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works -- and How It's Transforming the American Economy
Review-a-Day Saturday, February 11th, 2006 The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works -- and How It's Transforming the American Economy by Charles Fishman Really Bigger Than Texas A review by Gerry Donaghy To help put the ... (read full critics)