{"product_id":"the-walmart-effect-isbn-9780143038788","title":"The Wal-Mart Effect","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Highly readable, incisive, precise, and even elegant.\" —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Insightful.\" —\u003ci\u003eBusinessWeek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWal-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), \u003ci\u003eThe Wal-Mart Effect\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate look at a business that is dramatically reshaping our lives.The Wal-Mart Effect\u003cb\u003eOne.\u003c\/b\u003e Who Knew Shopping Was So Important?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo.\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Walton's Ten-Pound Bass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree.\u003c\/b\u003e Makin Bacon, A Wal-Mart Fairy Tale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour.\u003c\/b\u003e The Squeeze\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive.\u003c\/b\u003e The Man Who Said No to Wal-Mart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix.\u003c\/b\u003e What Do We Actually \u003ci\u003eKnow\u003c\/i\u003e About Wal-Mart?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeven.\u003c\/b\u003e Salmon, Shirts, and the Meaning of Low Prices\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEight.\u003c\/b\u003e The Power of Pennies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNine.\u003c\/b\u003e Wal-Mart and the Decent Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpilogue.\u003c\/b\u003e Peoria, September 2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eSource Notes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\"The best Wal-Mart expose yet . . . as measured by depth and breadth of research, writing style, and evenhanded treatment.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Highly readable, incisive, precise, and even elegant.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Wal-Mart Effect\u003c\/i\u003e is an interesting look at how big corporations affect our planet in positive and negative ways. The strength . . . is in the stories about the lives that Wal-Mart has touched, set against the backdrop of an astounding array of data.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Insightful.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBusinessWeek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Wal-Mart Effect\u003c\/i\u003e saunters through the influential economic ‘ecosystem’ that the discount chain represents with clarity, compelling nuance, and refreshing objectivity.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A must-read if one is even to begin understanding the global dominance of Wal-Mart.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCharles Fishman has been a senior editor at the \u003ci\u003eOrlando Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNews \u0026amp; Observer\u003c\/i\u003e and is now a senior editor at \u003ci\u003eFast Company\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2005 he won the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award for business journalism.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301237706981,"sku":"NP9780143038788","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143038788.jpg?v=1767742107","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-walmart-effect-isbn-9780143038788","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}