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Summary: A Retailing Bible For Just Seven Bucks
Review: Think about it. A small time variety store owner out of Bentonville Arkansas creates the most powerful retailing jaggernaut of all time....right in the faces of Sears, K-Mart and JC Penny. If you are in any kind of a business with customers, you will benefit from this book, and in experiencing the laser like focus Sam had on delivering the absolute best in his stores. Walton is to retailing what Jordon was to basketball, an absolute master of his art. I read this book several years ago, and as a retailer, I still refer to it---as much for the specific business tactics as to remind myself how Sam thought about things, and how he managed his people. An absolute classic.
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Summary: W O N D E R F U L !!! You HAVE to read it !!!
Review: Fantastic. Don't miss this reading. Next time I go to the City of Curitiba, south Brazil, I'll visit the Wal-Mart shop, just to feel a bit of Sam's entrepreneurial spirit. I'll never forget this reading, specially because I'm starting a retail business. There are many valuable tips inside this book. Buy it.
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Summary: Inspirational!
Review: Sam Walton is a legend in the retail business. Building on core values, he created a whole new business concept that grew to become the largest retailer-the largest company-in the world. How did it happen?In Made in America, SamWalton and his writer, a FORTUNE senior editor, take the reader through a chronological adventure of how a man started with nothing and gradually built an empire. He based everything he did on particular values that really made sense, though they were radical for his time and his industry. Gaining an understanding of those values, their sources, and their impacts, helped me better grasp my own values and business management philosophy. Sam came up with a lot of innovative ideas, but was unabashed in his drive to glean ideas from his competitors. He had a knack for snatching someone else's idea and growing it into something really significant. Reading about these adventures was fascinating. I couldn't put the book down . . . and I thought I knew something about Wal-Mart! Particularly interesting was insight into the unique culture of Wal-Mart and how it was created and nurtured. Educational, inspirational, stimulating. A great read!
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Summary: learning the sucess
Review: Sam Walton nos mostra neste apaixonante livro como ser vitorioso no mundo dos negócios. Através de sua fabulosa história aprendemos que qualquer grande empresa é construida sobretudo com trabalho árduo, bons parceiros no negócio e preocupação com todos os funcionários.
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Summary: A *must* for your personal library
Review: No matter what you think of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Sam Walton really was a great leader and businessperson. This book is sort of a 'holy grail' for those who wish to make it not only in life but in virtually any time of environment where you have customers (this also means customers that DON'T pay, for example Government, etc.). I work for a division of Wal-Mart, SAM'S Club, and this book is 'required reading' by everyone in the manager in training (MIT) program. We're working on getting several of these for our associate training room. If you follow what Mr. Sam explains in this book, you will have very little problems you can't fix. Sure people will try to take advantage of you, but they are such a minority after they find out that you are really there trying to take care of them...that's how the 'Wal-Mart family' aptmosphere takes hold. Are all Wal-Mart stores up to par? Probally not and that's not anyones fault really. The company has thousands of stores and hundreds of clubs and not to mention hundreds of international locations. The challenge is getting everyone to 'become' Mr. Sam and this book should be required reading to help in that effort. The principles are simple to learn and follow and have helped thousands if not millions. Final word...purchase this book and learn why Wal-Mart is so large and successful today and apply it to your own organization and company.
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Summary: An extraordinary business tale
Review: No matter what your opinion of Wal Mart, this is an great story of a man with a dream, and one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the last century. It details how Wal Mart came to be the company it is today, including: strategies for finding new store locations, attracting customers, keeping them coming back, adding a personal touch to the discount shopping experience, merchandising, and community relations. Aside from the busines apects, this is a tale of a man took everything in stride including everyday setbacks to the fame and (increadible) fortune amassed during his life time. Like everything else at Wal Mart this book will only cost you a few bucks. If you despise Wal Mart or the book, it might come in handy if you run out of toilet paper.
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Summary: Great retail trade book
Review: This book is especially fascinating because you read about where many of the ideas and principles of all of the major retailers came from. i.e. 10 foot rule, satisfaction guaranteed, everyday low prices, we buy big, you save big etc...
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Summary: 5 stars is not good enough it should be 7 stars
Review: the best book i have ever read an amazing story about a man with a dream
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Summary: An all-around honest, hard-working American.
Review: This book is a great inspiration. It should fire up anyone wanting to succeed in anything they try. Since Sam Walton died, the Wal-Mart name has taken a beating. But, this man built a business out of hard work and persistence.
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Summary: An autobiography by a great and honest merchant
Review: Sam Walton basically increased the salaries of everyone in America with a Wal-Mart near them by allowing them to save a little money on namebrand products (without hoping for their bosses to give them a raise). Sam Walton displays how the free enterprise system at its best can work for all of America. Thank you God for Sam Walton, a great American, in my view.
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