The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works-And How It's Transforming the American Economy | 
| Author: Charles Fishman
Creator: Alan Sklar
Publisher: Tantor Media
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  103 reviews
Sales Rank: 545059
Format: Audiobook, Cd, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 8
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.4 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 1400102235
Dewey Decimal Number: 381.1490973
EAN: 9781400102235
Publication Date: March 1, 2006
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Product Description
Award-winning journalist Charles Fishman reveals that what we know about Wal-Mart isn't even half of the real story-the company is now so powerful that it has become a kind of economic ecosystem that affects our everyday lives, even if we don't shop at Wal-Mart. In contrast to recent polemics, The Wal-Mart Effect offers the first truly fair, thought provoking look at the hidden reach and transformative power that is "the Wal-Mart effect."
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 Insightful, scary and impressive November 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Charles Fishman has managed to both intrigue and scare me with The Wall-Mart Effect. This book is worth reading for anyone interested in the economy, corporate growth models, supply chain management, manufacturing or sales. Even those with no interest in any of those topics should read the book, just to understand why you SHOULD be interested in this company.
Not being focused on traditional retail or physical product manufacturing in my daily life, the book was still able to get my mind racing with thoughts about how to work with or against the massive force that Wall-Mart exerts on all of us.
Must read October 14, 2008
Really enlighting. I don't go there anymore. (didn't go very much before) .Maybe I'm narrow minded
 Walmart shaping life everywhere. September 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A well written book exploring the biggest retailer in the world and how the 'WalMart effect' shapes lifes everywhere. A lot of research has gone into this book and Mr. Fishman asks, how did a shop manage to get the power to change our world. Looking at it from a business perspective one cannot help but be in awe of the strategies put in place by the Waltons and their associates. Their commitment to "Always Low Prices, Always' is not in any means half-hearted. It will be interesting to explore the new strategies Walmart executes to counter the claims made in this book. Overall a very insightful read and a must for every retailer to read.
The Walmart Effect August 30, 2008
This book is a good study on what makes Wal-Mart a business success but a real detriment to our ecomony. The ethics of this corporation are so poor that our environment and society will only suffer as long as we support them. This books states true examples of how cheaper doesn't equal better.
Very informative August 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Fishman was able to present the Walmart "phenomenon" in a very straightforward way. The global effect of Walmart was explained through many real-life examples; the flow of the book, I have to say, is excellent. I finished it in 3 days. Walmart effect on supply chain efficiency is an area that the book overlooked compared to some other topics that were redundant.
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