Author Description

Over the past ten years, since the death of the legendary Sam Walton, Wal-Mart has passed two challenges with flying colors: leadership transitions and rapid growth. Sam Walton's successors have taken the company into far-flung new markets and new directions yet without losing their down-to-earth retailing culture. Slater was granted unprecedented access to the company; he takes readers deep into where the big decisions are made about strategy and operations as he weaves a fascinating story about the many challenges of the past decade.