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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The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--and How It's Transforming the American Economy
by Charles Fishman
from Penguin (Non-Classics)

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• The Walmart Effect
  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
  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.

• Nothing new or insightful
  Fishman spends the first 30 pages hinting that Wal-mart forced its suppliers out of business by demanding lower prices. This may sound horrifying to you, but demanding lower costs is industry standard for retailers. If you owned a store, would you voluntarily offer your supplier more money?
  If your knowledge of Wal-mart and retailing is limited to what you've heard on the 6 o'clock news, this book gives you a peek into that world. But it falls far short of it's claims to expose "how the world's most... more info

• Is Walmart Good or Bad? Answer: It's both!!
  This is a very good book, well-researched and well-reported, about a subject that affects us all, the biggest company in history, Walmart.
  Is Walmart good or bad? The answer according to Charles Fishman is: "Yes, it is both". I just didn't realize how big Walmart is and how much it does affect us.
  Walmart is a monster player in the economy, the largest company in history, and nobody outside of Walmart knows much about it. It is committed to low prices like a missionary is committed to the Word of... more info

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