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What I Learned From Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World
by Michael Bergdahl
from Wiley

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• What I learned from Michael Bergdahl
  I have recently only been exposed to the WalMart phenomenon - I know, what rock have I been under - so I've been looking them up all over. This is one of the 4 books I have read and it gave me a good understanding of the strategies involved in running the behemoth.
  I have been in awe of every single strategy implemented and of course this is no surprise. They have executed every aspect of their business flawlessly.
  Michael goes through Walmart's POCKETS:
  Pricing Strategy
  Operational... more info

• The lazy deserve to go out of business. That's capitalism.
  I've lived in small towns in fear of a new Walmart with business owners trying to bully the city council to block Walmart. I've never been sympathetic. The small-town stores were often places you visited because there was no choice but they were unfriendly, unhelpful, untidy, and the stock was stagnant.
  This is a riveting book about Walmart's management strategies but also a comprehensive to do list of how to compete with Walmart... what they cannot do and how you can carve out a niche and complement... more info

• Very helpful
  It's an inside about the largest retailer in the world. In my opinion it's a very accurate picture not only of the operations, but also of the company's spirit. The description is far more accurate because M. Bergdahl is an outsider that knows other companies as well.

• Not a MUST Read , but a GOOD Read
  Yup, I realize people would say , oh yeezz npt another Walmart book. !!! But the catchy part of this books overall emphasis is the subtitle : `How to compete and thrive in a Walmart world'.
  It's a really easy read book, all of just around 225 pages and has neatly divided the book as follws : POCKETS
  · Introduction
  · Chapter 1 : Pricing strategies and Tactics
  · Chapter 2 : Operational Strategies and Tactics
  · Chapter 3 : Cultural Strategies and Tacticsmore info

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