1. THE
EFFECT
Key & misinterpreted facts from: Charles Fishman’s ‘The Wal-Mart Effect’, 2006

2. MEET The world’s largest public corporation by revenue
The largest private employer in the world
The largest grocery retailer in the USA
The largest toy seller in America
Each year 93% of the American households do shopping in some Wal-Mart store at least once
In 2006 around 7,2 billions of people will enter some of the Wal-Mart stores

3. Wal-Mart was criticized by:
MEANWHILE
Wal-Mart was criticized by:
Women’s rights groups
Grassroots organizations
Labor unions
Community groups…

4. Wal-Mart was criticized for:
MEANWHILE
Wal-Mart was criticized for:
Extensive foreign product sourcing
Low rates of employee health insurance enrollments
Resistance to union representation
Alleged sexism…

5. GROWTH
100 Wal-Mart stocks bought in and kept for 15 years have a value of USD
100 Wal-Mart stocks bought in and kept for 20 years have a value between and mln USD
100 Wal-Mart stocks bought in 1981 and kept for 15 years have a value of USD
BUT…
100 Wal-Mart stocks bought in 1990 and kept for 15 years have a value of USD
(because Wal-Mart have hired thousands of new employees)

6. SO SIMPLE
If you sell something at a really low price…

7. SO SIMPLE
Wal-Mart will sell it even cheaper…

8. She has worked at garment factory in Bangladesh
THIS IS ROBINA AKTHER
She has worked at garment factory in Bangladesh

9. She has sewed clothing for Wal-Mart…
THIS IS ROBINA AKTHER
She has sewed clothing for Wal-Mart…
…working hours a day

10. Her wage was 14 cents / hour
THIS IS ROBINA AKTHER
Her wage was 14 cents / hour

11. THIS IS ROBINA AKTHER
If she doesn’t sew 120 pants in an hour, her supervisor will beat her with the textile

12. THIS IS ROBINA AKTHER
If she works like this for 50 years, she will earn a total of USD.
The Wal-Mart profit for 2005 is USD…

13. THIS IS ROBINA AKTHER
If she works like this for 50 years, she will earn a total of USD
The Wal-Mart profit for 2005 is USD…
… in a minute.

14. WHERE THIS POWER COMES FROM?

15. The Wal-Mart effect begins and ends in the store, while we do shopping.

16. This power comes from us.

17. Think before you go shopping in Wal-Mart next time.

18. Hristo Radichev