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From Publishers Weekly Fishman shops at Wal-Mart and has obvious affection for its price-cutting, hard-nosed ethos. He also understands that the story of Wal-Mart is really the story of the transformation of the American economy over the past 20 years. He's careful to present the consumer benefits of Wal-Mart's staggering growth and to place Wal-Mart in the larger context of globalization and the rise of mega-corporations. But he also presents the case against Wal-Mart in arresting detail, and his carefully balanced approach only makes the downside of Wal-Mart's market dominance more vivid. Through interviews with former Wal-Mart insiders and current suppliers, Fishman puts readers inside the company's penny-pinching mindset and shows how Wal-Mart's mania to reduce prices has driven suppliers into bankruptcy and sent factory jobs overseas. He surveys the research on Wal-Mart's effects on local retailers, details the environmental impact of its farm-raised salmon and exposes the abuse of workers in a supplier's Bangladesh factory. In Fishman's view, the "Wal-Mart effect" is double-edged: consumers benefit from lower prices, even if they don't shop at Wal-Mart, but Wal-Mart has the
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- Author
- Charles Fishman
- Publisher
- New York : Penguin Press, 2006.
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781594200762
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, Management, History
- Rating
- 3.82 / 5 (2,121 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- The Wal-Mart Effect : How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--And How It's Transforming the American Economy (Paperback)--by Charles Fishman [2006 E (2006)
- The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--and How It's Transforming the American Economy: How the World's Most Powerful ... HowIt (2006)
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