In Sam We Trust: The Untold Story of Sam Walton and Wal-Mart, the World's Most Powerful Retailer
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (981 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812932978 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bob Ortega, a veteran reporter who covered Wal-Mart extensively for The Wall Street Journal, has written an illuminating and authoritative account of the world's most powerful store, and of how Sam Walton's way of thinking is transforming America's -- and the world's -- business practices, workplaces, and communities.. With more than 100 million customers a week, Wal-Mart is by far the world's largest retailer. But all is not well in the many areas where people have been "Wal-Martized" and have faced Wal-Mart's controversial business practices.In Sam We Trust is the true, unvarnished story of the Wal-Mart colossus at work, and of how its remarkable success illustrates the glory as well as the underbelly of American capitalism. A flinty workaholic obsessed with his stores at the expense of his personal life, Walton established the ruthlessly efficient strategy that enabled Wal-Mart to surpass Sears, outsmar
Good Business History, Good Muckraking - bad mix of the two Mark Edward Bachmann Anyone with an interest in business history has to be fascinated by the story of Wal-Mart. Starting from a single store in an obscure Southern town, the company expanded relentlessly over the course of thirty-five years to become the most powerful retailer in the world. At the center of this story stands the enigmatic figure of Sam Walton, a folksy and sincerely genial man who ran the single store back in the mid -1950's and still controlled the burgeoning corporate empire at the time of his death in 1992, having by then amassed the largest personal fortune in America. Bob Ortega has done a workman-. John Allen
His deft description of Walton's amazing rise to power and wealth is so delicious that it is hard to believe this is a business book. "Bob Ortega has a storyteller's rich ear for detail. It roars with incisive, powerful writing."-- Chicago Tribune"An insightful, judicious, and immensely illuminating book, one of the best on retailing."-- Worth