Screen LibraryThe Wal-Mart effect：how the world's most powerful company really works -- and how it's transforming the rules of the American economy
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Penguin Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 294 p.: ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
1594200769 9781594200762 |
| Index Number: | F737 |
| CLC: |
F737.124.2 F737.121.7 |
| Call Number: | F737.121.7/F537 |
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Includes bibliographical references 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. 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 |