
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 company Sam Walton built and incorporated in 1969 has become the world’s number one retailer amplified by diversification into grocery (Wal-Mart Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets), international operations and membership warehouse clubs (Sam’s Clubs). Award-winning investigative and magazine journalist Charles Fishman examines this phenomenon. The Wal-Mart Effect, Fishman’s first book, made the bestseller lists of the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Business Week.
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