description: Charles Fishman takes us into the heart of the biggest company on earth, ever, to show how the 'Wal-Mart effect' shapes lives everywhere, whether for 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 working practices to market forces themselves, Fishman how did a shop manage to do all this? And what will the ultimate cost of low prices be?
language: English
title: The Wal-Mart Effect: How an Out-Of-Town Superstore Became a Superpower
titlecomplete: The Wal-Mart Effect: How an Out-Of-Town Superstore Became a Superpower
genres: Business, Leadership, Politics, Nonfiction, School, Audiobook, Management, Economics, Sociology, History
ratings_count: 3722
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Financial Times Business Book of the Year
category: Shortlist
publisher: Penguin