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    Risks associated with the initiative and financial effects they may have. As mentioned above there are many initiative risks Wal-Mart may have when dealing with financial decisions that they make. Opening new Wal-Mart supercenter can have some risky effects because they decide to this in certain areas or cities. Not doing there proper homework may be devastating to the welfare of the store. They could not make a profit if there are setting the store up in a part that is feeling effects from the

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    Wal-Mart - Tyrant or Tycoon? College Management OL04 July 14‚ 2013 Wal-Mart - Tyrant or Tycoon? Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the world‚ employing over 2 million people in 10‚800 stores‚ with over $469 billion dollars in sales last year alone (Hess‚ 2013). The “Big Box” company always seems to be in the spotlight‚ good or bad‚ most anyone you talk to has an opinion. Wal-Mart has sparked many controversial topics such as below poverty level wages‚ the bullying of small

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    Wal-Mart Market Analysis Wal-Mart is the second largest company in the world. Its focus is on mass merchandising as opposed to specialty merchandising. The idea behind mass merchandising is to offer products and services in one convenient store to better manage a consumer’s time. An example of how Wal-Mart mass merchandisers is by offering a multitude of products and services within one convenient store. They sell sporting goods‚ electronics‚ housing needs‚ clothing‚ groceries‚ consumables‚ and

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    WAL-MART AND BHARTI: TRANSFORMING RETAIL IN INDIA This report analyses and evaluates the situation of the retailer Wal-Mart in the Indian industry. On the point of creating a JV with the company Bharti‚ Wal-Mart has to resolve numerous challenges‚ range from the cultural differences to problems with its supply chain to strengthen its competitiveness‚ gain customer loyalty and becoming the “go-to place”. The Indian Retail Market The competiveness of the Indian retail sector will be evaluated

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    Wal-Mart: Ethical or Unethical? Almost everyone living in North America undoubtedly knows what Wal-Mart is and has already conceived some sort of opinion‚ whether it is good or bad. On one hand people complain that they are ruining competition‚ they are treating their employees’ terribly or that they are given extreme unfair advantages that no other company receives. However‚ on the other spectrum there are those that believe in the free market‚ as well as those that say Wal-Mart is cutting down

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    Working at Wal-Mart Wal-Mart defends its low wage/low benefit personnel policy by arguing that it employs workers who are marginal to the income stream required by most American families. Only seven percent of the company’s hourly “associates” try to support a family with children on a single Wal-Mart income. The company therefore seeks out school-age youth‚ retirees‚ people with two jobs‚ and those willing or forced to work part-time. The managerial culture at Wal-Mart‚ if not the formal company

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    the organization to implement a solution. Wal-Mart organizational structure is a strict masterpiece of detailed task and reporting. This allows Wal-Mart motivate‚ control‚ and coordinate employees to achieved one common goal. Wal-Mart has up to eight basic organizational structure types. Wal-Mart has a distinctive way of pulling the components into one structured outline to expose the necessary relationships. The composer helps the structure for Wal-Mart management look for the most effective way

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    SEARS VS. WAL-MART Table Content Background Analysis------------------------------------------------ 3 Financial Ratio analysis--------------------------------------------- 4 Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)--------------------- 12 Working Capital Management--------------------------------------20 Dividend Policy and Tax Treatment------------------------------- 23 Conclusion------------------------------------------------------------24 Background Analysis Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Stores‚

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    Generally‚ the video provided another side of the giant corporation in retail industry – Wal-Mart‚ which is not as good as may people used to think. The video has several interviews with former employees‚ small business owners‚ and footage of Wal-Mart executives to prove its point of view that Wal-Mart underpay its employees which is also the interesting point of the movie when the directors do not have to say much‚ they let the insiders say their ideas and thoughts in order to come up with the conclusion

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    Comparing the financial performance between Wal-Mart and Amazon by the metrics : Return on Equity Ratio(ROE): This ratio demonstrates how efficiently the business is utilizing and deploying the equity‚ either invested in the business or generated by the business‚ to generate profits. ROE= Net income/ avg shahloder equity ROE in Wal-Mart stores is: 2.726840403 A ration of 272.6% would show the business is earning $2.73 in pretax or operating profit for each $1of equity employed in the business

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