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Product Identifiers
PublisherCrown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-100812932978
ISBN-139780812932973
eBay Product ID (ePID)575388
Product Key Features
Original LanguageEnglish
Book TitleIn Sam We Trust : The Untold Story of Sam Walton and How Wal-Mart, the World's Most Powerful Retailer
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicIndustries / Retailing, General, Business
Publication Year2000
FeaturesLarge Type
GenreBiography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
AuthorBob Ortega
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight12.5 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Bob Ortega has a storyteller's rich ear for detail. . . . 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. It roars with incisive, powerful writing." --Chicago Tribune "An insightful, judicious, and immensely illuminating book, one of the best on retailing." --Worth, "Bob Ortega has a storyteller's rich ear for detail. . . . 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. It roars with incisive, powerful writing." -- Chicago Tribune "An insightful, judicious, and immensely illuminating book, one of the best on retailing." -- Worth
Dewey Decimal381/.149/0973
Edition DescriptionLarge Type / large print edition
SynopsisIf bigger is better, Wal-Mart has rightfully won its leading position in the pantheon of international institutions. With more than 100 million customers a week, Wal-Mart is by far the world's largest retailer. It is the biggest private-sector employer in North America, and one of the most dominant and influential corporations anywhere. Sam Walton's company prides itself on being a paragon of service, integrity, and frugality to its customers. 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 Trustis 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, outsmart Kmart, and crush small-town mom-and-pop stores. Bob Ortega, a veteran reporter who covered Wal-Mart extensively forThe 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.