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The Wal-Mart Effect: How an Out-of-town Superstore Became a Superpower

by Charles Fishman - £11.99  Penguin Books Ltd (2007)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9780141019796 | ISBN 10: 0141019794

Wal-Mart is the biggest company on earth, ever. Around 7.2 billion people shop there in a year – more than one visit for every person on the planet. It’s expanding across the globe from Brazil to Eastern Europe. And it has the power to change our world …
 
Charles Fishman takes us into the heart of the most successful superstore in history to show how the ‘Wal-Mart effect’ shapes lives everywhere, whether for overnight 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 the design of deodorant to the shape of a town, 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?

"An alarming expose of the extent of Wal-Mart's power... balanced, intelligent and commendable."
(Literary Review)

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