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    Problem Statement: Wal-Mart is one of the world’s largest companies and largest retailer in the world‚ with over 5‚000 stores around the world and nearly 2 million employees there is no reason for this company not to be highly successful. Although Wal-Mart as whole is a highly successful company‚ they still have problems like every other company. Through Wal-Mart’s history they’ve encountered many obstacles and complications on the way to the top. Most of these problems have found a solution but

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    Wal-Mart’s Midlife Crisis Case Study Denika Smith MGT 704 – Marketing Management May 1‚ 2014 Wal-Mart’s philosophy‚ put in place by founder Sam Walton‚ was to offer the lowest prices to its customers and help them save money and live better. Their approach for keeping their costs down‚ however‚ is not very employee friendly. They limit spending by managers and keep low wages for its associates. Many businesses‚ like Wal-Mart‚ sometimes forget that one of their most valuable sources of

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    INDIVIDUAL CASE ANALYSIS CEO Lee Scott and Chairman Rob Walton have scheduled a strategic planning session to prepare for the 2007 Wal-Mart Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. You have been invited to join the discussion of key strategic issues and to present a suggested course of action for Wal-Mart’s leadership to take during the upcoming fiscal year. New to the group‚ you decide to follow the strategic management process model to prepare for the meeting. 1. Based on the company’s external and

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    environmental concern: Waste improvement and recycling‚ natural resources‚ energy‚ and social/community impact. They already have opened up two stores that get their electricity from solar panels and wind turbines. Wal-Mart intends to apply these new ways of getting energy to their other stores. They also regulate electricity usage in their stores based on a daylight dimming system. They adjust the input of electricity in lighting based on the natural light. They also are making efforts to

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    Information about the companies The two stores selected who sell the same classifications of merchandise are Sears Canada and The Hudson’s Bay. Sears and The Bay are full-time‚ full-service department and catalogue retailers who believe in providing their customers with quality merchandise and exceptional customer service. According to Department Managers at Sears‚ Women between the age of 25 to 54 with a low to moderate household income‚ family‚ and home are Sears primary target market‚ followed by

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    Walmart - My Favorite Store Walmart is America’s biggest retailer. Not only are their prices reasonable‚ they have EVERYTHING! Everyone shops at Walmart. By everyone‚ I mean approximately 2.35 million people shop there a day. That many people is almost as much as Canada’s population. Another fact to show how great Walmart really is would be by looking at Walmart’s economy alone. If Walmart was a country‚ it would have the 26th largest economy in the world. these facts show how great Walmart’s industry

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    Wal-Mart‚ 2007 Case Analysis International Business Executive Summary 4 Challenges 5 Re-Aligning the Marketing Strategy for Greater Relevancy 5 Figure 1: Wal-Mart Segmentation Strategy 8 Figure 2: Customer Segment Loyalty Analysis 10 Human Resources Lack Compliance and Governance 11 Figure 3: Wal-Mart’s Chain of Command 14 Ethnocentrism Rampant In Global Growth Strategies 15 Competitive Strategies must get Beyond Price Wars 18 Wal-Mart’s Competitors 19 Figure

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    Strategy: Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc Our case presentation is based on Wal-Mart.. We are going to talk about Wal-Mart’s strategies‚ business model and how it influences the society. Here is some General Information about Wal-Mart. Founded by Sam Walton in 1962‚ Wal-Mart is the largest employer in the world‚ employing more than 1.6 million “associates” worldwide. In 2005‚ Wal-Mart had $312.4 billion in sales contributed by more than 6200 facilities around the world. Corporate strategy is concern

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    Q1.List sears strengths and weaknesses. Then asses how well each of the proposed changes in Sears strategy will build on the strengths and work to eliminate the weaknesses? Strengths of Sears - Broad category of product offerings‚ i.e: hard side(hardware) and soft side (women apparel‚ children toys etc) of Sears - Strong retail network system - Colossal numbers of stores with huge capacities are present all over the country‚ both in and off malls. - Owner of mix of brands i.e. : strong brands

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    Statement Examination Cost of Goods Sold: Over the period of 2002-2005‚ Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) as a percentage of sales decreased from 78% to 76%. The constant COGS explains that Wal-Mart has settled with the over 4 million deliveries to each store they make each year. With such a constant rate over a 4 year period‚ Wal-Mart has not found any new technique that has lessened the cost of transporting their goods from assembly line to shelf. Gross Profit: Gross profit is the difference between

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