The retail revolution :how Wal-Mart created a brave new world of business /
Lichtenstein, Nelson,
The retail revolution : how Wal-Mart created a brave new world of business /
Nelson Lichtenstein.
- first edition
- 311 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-293) and index.
Sam Walton's world -- Supply and command -- The corporate culture -- Beat yesterday -- Unions : keep out! -- Wal-Mart's long march to China -- Discount stores in every clime? -- How Wal-Mart makes the rules -- Wal-Mart versus the world it has created.
Insightful, original, and steeped in the culture of retail life, "The Retail Revolution" draws on first-hand reporting from coastal China to rural Arkansas to give a fresh and necessary understanding of how Wal-Mart has transformed international commerce.
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