Wal-Mart Internationalization

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 2

COMPANY HISTORY AND BACKGROUND 4

Organizational Culture 5

International Penetration 6

INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION 9

Industry Analysis 9

Table 1: TED Spread (2005-2010) 11

Table 2: VIX (2005-2010) 12

Table 3: FCI (2005-2010) 12

Size of the U.S. Retail Market 13

Table 4: S&P Retail Index (2005-2010) 14

Table 5: U.S. Retail Sales (2005-2010) 14

Structure of the U.S. Retail Market 15

Table 6: U.S. Retail Sales 2007 16

Table 7: U.S. Retail Sales 2008 17

Table 8: Consumer Confidence Index 18

Potential Growth 18

Table 9: PERSONAL SAVING RATE 19

Graph 10: U.S. Real Consumption and Income Growth 1933-2009 20

Table 11: Sales Growth and Profitability by region/country 2008 22

Walmart’s Performance in the Context of Global, U.S. and Industry Trends 23

Table 12: Walmart’s Revenue 2005-2009 in $m 23

Table 13: Real GDP Developed World 25

Walmart & its competitors 26

Walmart International - Overview 26

International Sales 27

Competition within United States 30

Walmart Stock compared to Target Corp., Costco & Kroger over the last 5 years 31

Walmart – Global competition 33

Global Presence of Walmart Vs its Competitors 34

Product-Offering of Walmart Vs. Its global competitors 35

COMPANY DESCRIPTION 36

Financial 36

Sales: 39

Operating Income: 40

Return on Equity (ROE): 41

Earnings per share: 42

Key Financial Highlights of Walmart from 2004 to 2008 43

Personal and Human Resources 43

Several measures were taken to increase the productivity of the employees. 44

Current Human Resources (HR) policies of WM 44

Criticism of the HR policies of Walmart 45

Operations 45

CONCLUSION OR LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE 47

PART 2 49

An outline of major problems or issues the organization is facing or will face during the strategic period 49

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