The Wal-Mart effect : how an out-of-town superstore became a superpower / Charles Fisherman.
By: Fishman, Charles
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BookPublisher: London : Allen Lane, 2006Description: p. cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780141019796.Subject(s): Wal-Mart (Firm) -- Influence | Discount-houses (Retail trade) -- United States -- Social aspects | Hypermarkets -- United States | Retail & wholesale industries | Business & Management | IndustryDDC classification: 381.149 FIS Summary: Wal-Mart is the biggest company on Earth. Every year, 7.2 billion people shop there - that's more than one visit for every person on the planet. But what is the real cost of getting a bargain? Charles Fishman exposes the extent of Wal-Mart's influence on what we buy and how we live.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Charles Fishman takes us into the heart of the biggest company on earth, ever, to show how the 'Wal-Mart effect' shapes lives everywhere, whether for cleaners in America, bicycle-makers in China or salmon farmers in Chile. Now Wal-Mart's influence is so great it can determine everything from working practices to market forces themselves, Fishman asks: how did a shop manage to do all this? And what will the ultimate cost of low prices be?
Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2006.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Wal-Mart is the biggest company on Earth. Every year, 7.2 billion people shop there - that's more than one visit for every person on the planet. But what is the real cost of getting a bargain? Charles Fishman exposes the extent of Wal-Mart's influence on what we buy and how we live.