The Rule of Logistics: Walmart and the Architecture of Fulfillment

Description

Every time you wheel a shopping cart through one of Walmart s more than 10,000 stores worldwide, or swipe your credit card or purchase something online, you enter a mind-boggling logistical regime. Even if you ve never shopped at Walmart, its logistics have probably affected your life."TheRule of Logistics"makes sense of its spatial and architectur

Jesse LeCavalier is assistant professor of architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

"The Rule of Logistics shows how the world's largest retailer is redefining architecture, subjectivity, and sovereignty by moving merchandise and information through space and time. Jesse LeCavalier's research and interpretations are astute and multifaceted."-Jonathan Massey, California College of the Arts "Recommended."-CHOICE "The author has many intriguing observations about [Walmart] and its logistical obsessions."-Planning Magazine "The book is, at its core, a historical account of the largest retailer in the US and how it adjusted over time to deliver products to consumers and enhance their shopping experience. Its audience will be anyone interested in retailing design."-CHOICE "The perspective it provides is a welcome addition to the literature about the impacts of logistics on the contemporary economic landscape."-Economic Geography "In his case study of the logistical foundations and ethos of Walmart-The Rule of Logistics: Walmart and the Architecture of Fulfillment-LeCavalier delves deeply into the multiscalar workings of the retail giant, revealing along the way that logis- tics is at the core of its emergence as the largest company in the world and its continuing success."-Landscape Architecture Magazine "The best book on architecture and infrastructure of this decade."-The Architect's Newspaper "The Rule of Logistics provides a wonderful complement to that growing literature on critical logistics and critical transport geography more broadly."-AAG Review of Books