Walmart: Key Insights and Practical Lessons from the World's Largest Retailer

Walmart provides a detailed assessment of the world's largest retailer that forever changed the face of retailing. The book examines Walmart's successes, failures, and whether it can stay ahead for the next 50 years. Despite being a source for best practice in procurement, logistics, systems and store format innovation, the retail giant is now facing several issues that affect its future development. Starting from its inception in rural Arkansas in 1962, this objective analysis of Walmart's history addresses the rapid change of retail, including the rise of e-commerce and multi-channel retailing; Walmart International and its 'everyday low prices' philosophy; the saturation of the superstore format, and much more.

In a time of rapid change, will the world's largest retailer be able to reconfigure? Walmart provides the necessary insights for retailers, advertisers, other business professionals and students to understand how Walmart became a retail giant, the lessons that can be learned, and what is in store for the future.

Author: Bryan Roberts, Natalie Berg
Publisher: Kogan Page
Published: 04/24/2012
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.26w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9780749462734

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/30/2012
Choice 09/01/2012

About the Author

Bryan Roberts has spent over ten years as a Walmart analyst and has gained great understanding of Walmart's strategies, objectives and achievements. He is Retail Insights Director for Kantar Retail EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa), based in London. Prior to joining Kantar Retail, Bryan was the Global Research Director at Planet Retail, a leading retail analyst firm.

Natalie Berg has spent years working alongside major retailers and vendors as they seek to better compete with, or partner with, Walmart. Her main expertise lies in areas such as private label, merchandizing, pricing and shopper-centricity. She is a Research Director at Planet Retail, a leading retail analyst firm.