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Sam Walton's Way

Sam Walton's WayAuthor: New Word City
Publisher: FT Press
Category: eBooks


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Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 4 reviews
Sales Rank: 24625

Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition

ASIN: B0036IODHE

Publication Date: January 31, 2010

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PIt would be difficult to overstate the impact Sam Walton had on American business, specifically retailing. The standalone box stores he pioneered have quite literally changed the nation's landscape. His innovations in supply-chain management and distribution totally reshaped the relationship between suppliers and retailers, and, for the most part, took wholesalers out of the equation. His insistence on low prices altered customers' expectations of what they will have to pay for everything from socks to soda. Like few business leaders before or since, Sam Walton changed the world./P PSaturday, August 14, 1964 was a broiling hot day in Harrison, Arkansas-but the heat was the last thing on Sam Walton's mind. For the 46-year-old Walton, this was a big day: the grand opening of his second Wal-Mart. He was going to make damn sure it was a big success. He'd planned everything. In the parking lot, he'd had two truckloads of watermelons delivered and hired a donkey to provide rides for the kids. He headed outside to greet his first customers. What he saw would make most entrepreneurs lose their cool: The watermelons had burst, and donkey dung littered the lot. Walton's reaction was emblematic of his ability to rise above any challenge. He ignored the mess, smiled, walked up to the crowd, stuck out his hand, and said, "Welcome to Wal-Mart." That focus on customers is Walton's prime leadership lesson. But there are many others, beginning with his obsession with low prices-just the first step in a mission to deliver unbeatable value..../P PINew Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literary causes./I/P

Customer Reviews:
3 out of 5 stars Kind of like a brochure with stuff you probably know already.   July 30, 2010
Kevin Nicholls (Milford, MI)
I picked this up on a whim when Amazon had it for free, and was surprised by how short it is. So, I'll keep this review similarly short. br / br /If you took any high school level business class after 1980, you probably know more about Walmart and Sam Walton than this book will tell you about.


1 out of 5 stars RIP_OFF   July 27, 2010
david
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

This book is a complete RIP-OFF. I read it in literally less than 10 minutes!


3 out of 5 stars Nice, Short History   July 22, 2010
Monica Taylor
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

It was a very short and general look at how Sam Walton got started and how he liked to handle his business.


5 out of 5 stars A little history, a lot of business insights   July 9, 2010
K.C. Jones
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

Wal-Mart is such a big part of our lives. I live in a small town where it not only offers products that we normally wouldn't have access to, but valuable career opportunities. br /Sam Walton's Way is a quick, easy read; perfect for a quiet lunch break. New Word City does a great job of effectively combining the story of how Sam Walton created Wal-Mart with all the valuable business lessons he picked up along the way. Some of the highlights: how to maintain a laser focus on customers and transform obstacles into opportunities. br /

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