Walmart
Part 1 1.) provide an overview as follows; type of retailer, headquarters location, annual volume, sales growth trend, number of store locations, target market, geographic markets served, products/services offered and channels of distribution provided. Note: this will require use of one of the library data bases, such as Hoovers or Data Monitor.
Wal-Mart (Wal-Mart) founded in Arkansas in 1962 by American retail legend Mr. Sam Walton and the head quarter is also located in Bentonville, Arkansas. After forty years of development, Wal-Mart has become the nation's largest private employer and the world's largest retail chain. Currently, Wal-Mart has opened more than 6,600 stores worldwide and employs over 180 people, distributed in 14 countries. Week visit Wal-Mart's customers reach to 175,000,000. Wal-Mart (WAL-MART) for many years in the global top 500 companies ranked in the top of the list.
In 1991, Wal-Mart's annual sales exceeded $ 40 billion, becoming the world's largest retail companies. According to the May 1994 U.S. "Fortune" magazine published by the nation's service industry classification list, Wal-Mart's 1993 annual sales of up to $ 67.34 billion, compared with growth of more than 11.8 billion the previous year, exceeding the 1992 ranked first in the West Wales (Sears), National Retail top ranks. Wal-Mart's sales continued to grow in 1995, and created a world record in the retail industry, to achieve annual sales of $ 93.6 billion, in the "Fortune" magazine 95 largest U.S. companies ranked fourth on the list. In fact, Wal-Mart's annual sales equivalent to the sum of all U.S. stores, but still maintained a strong momentum of development. So far, Wal-Mart already has 2,133 Wal-Mart stores, 469 stores and 248 Sam's Club Wal-Mart shopping plaza, across the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, China, Indonesia and other places. In just a few decades it has such a rapid development of the retail industry have to say is a
Wal-Mart (Wal-Mart) founded in Arkansas in 1962 by American retail legend Mr. Sam Walton and the head quarter is also located in Bentonville, Arkansas. After forty years of development, Wal-Mart has become the nation's largest private employer and the world's largest retail chain. Currently, Wal-Mart has opened more than 6,600 stores worldwide and employs over 180 people, distributed in 14 countries. Week visit Wal-Mart's customers reach to 175,000,000. Wal-Mart (WAL-MART) for many years in the global top 500 companies ranked in the top of the list.
In 1991, Wal-Mart's annual sales exceeded $ 40 billion, becoming the world's largest retail companies. According to the May 1994 U.S. "Fortune" magazine published by the nation's service industry classification list, Wal-Mart's 1993 annual sales of up to $ 67.34 billion, compared with growth of more than 11.8 billion the previous year, exceeding the 1992 ranked first in the West Wales (Sears), National Retail top ranks. Wal-Mart's sales continued to grow in 1995, and created a world record in the retail industry, to achieve annual sales of $ 93.6 billion, in the "Fortune" magazine 95 largest U.S. companies ranked fourth on the list. In fact, Wal-Mart's annual sales equivalent to the sum of all U.S. stores, but still maintained a strong momentum of development. So far, Wal-Mart already has 2,133 Wal-Mart stores, 469 stores and 248 Sam's Club Wal-Mart shopping plaza, across the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, China, Indonesia and other places. In just a few decades it has such a rapid development of the retail industry have to say is a