TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fishman,Charles
TI  - The Wal-Mart effect: how the world's most powerful company really works-- and how it's transforming the American economy 
SN  - 1594200769
AV  - HF5429.215.U6 F56 2006
U1  - 381/.1490973 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Press
KW  - Wal-Mart (Firm)
KW  - Wal-Mart (Firme)
KW  - cct
KW  - fast
KW  - Wal-Mart Stores
KW  - gnd
KW  - University of South Alabama
KW  - Wal-Mart (Firma)
KW  - idszbz
KW  - Discount houses (Retail trade)
KW  - United States
KW  - Management
KW  - Grandes surfaces (Commerce)
KW  - Gestion
KW  - Wirtschaftsentwicklung
KW  - idsbb
KW  - Einzelhandel
KW  - USA
KW  - swd
KW  - Book
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283) and index; Who knew shopping was so important? -- Sam Walton's ten-pound bass -- Makin bacon, a Wal-Mart fairy tale -- The squeeze -- The man who said no to Wal-Mart -- What do we actually know about Wal-Mart? -- Salmon, shirts, and the meaning of low prices -- The power of pennies -- Wal-Mart and the decent society -- Epilogue: Peoria, September 2005
N2  - Wal-Mart is not just the world's largest company--it is the largest company in the history of the world. It is estimated that the company's low prices save American consumers $10 billion a year--but the #1 employer in 37 states has never let a union in the door. Though 70% of Americans now live within a 15-minute drive of a Wal-Mart, we have not even begun to understand the true power of the company. We know about the lawsuits and the labour protests, but what we don't know is how profoundly the "Wal-Mart effect" is changing our America's economy, our workforce, our communities, and our environment. Journalist Fishman takes us on a behind-the-scenes investigative expedition, interviewing 25 high-level ex-executives and a host of Wal-Mart's suppliers, and journeying to the ports and factories where Wal-Mart's power is warping the very structure of the world's market.--From publisher description. Includes information on Chile, China, economic effects, factory workers, food production, global factories, global outsourcing, lawn mowers, price/pricing, quality of products, salmon farming, shopping, Snapper, supplier/Wal-Mart relationship, Target, Sam Walton, etc
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0721/2005055522-b.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0721/2005055522-d.html
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