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    Assignment for Wal-Mart   1. How was Wal-Mart successful early on? What were its sources of competitive advantage? Sam Walton had been an owner of several Ben Franklin franchises for many years. When his idea for opening up stores in small towns was turned down by the Ben Franklin organization‚ he and his brother Bud decided they would do it on their own. In 1962 Sam and Bud opened their first Wal-Mart Discount city store. By 1970‚ Walton had grown his chain to 30 discount stores in rural Arkansas

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    Wal-Mart Q1-What is the organization? Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. (frequently branded as Wal-Mart) is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large‚ discount department stores. It is the world’s largest public corporation by revenue‚ according to the 2008 Fortune Global 500. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962‚ incorporated on October 31‚ 1969‚ and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. Wal-Mart is the largest private employer and the largest grocery retailer in the United

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    Wal-mart Annual Report Analysis Matthew Walter Professor: Evelyn Hume Intermediate Accounting I 06/12/2011 Who are the firm’s auditors? Do they provide a clean opinion on the financial statements? Wal-Mart is audited by Ernst & Young LLP. Ernst & Young’s believe the financial position of Wal-Mart is clearly depicted in their financial statements and in tune with the U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Have there been any subsequent events‚ errors and irregularities

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    . Wal-Mart has been able to achieve respectable leadership in the retail industry because of its focus on supply chain management. Discuss in detail the distribution and logistics system adopted by Wal-Mart. 2. The use of innovative information technology tools had benefited Wal-Mart’s supply chain management. In the light of the above statement‚ briefly explain how IT benefited Wal-Mart’s logistics and inventory management. 3. What were the supply chain management processes adopted

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    development and history of Wal-Mart 1.1.2 The development and history of Carrefour 1.2 Definition 1.3 Objectives 2. 4Ps of Wal-Mart and Carrefour 2.1 The similarities and differences about pricing strategy 2.1.1 Wal-Mart’s pricing strategy 2.1.2 Carrefour’s pricing strategy 2.1.3 similarities and differences 2.2 The similarities and differences about placing strategy 2.2.1 Wal-Mart’s placing strategy 2.2.2 Carrefour’s placing strategy 2.2.3 similarities

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    CASE #1 WALMART‚ 2005 BYRG GRATUS MGMT 642: BUSINESS POLICY FEB. 20‚ 2014 1. What is the Wal-Mart Brand image? Walmart has the brand image of a mega-retailer‚ which: offers everyday low prices on a ‘broad’ product assortment; provides the best possible shopping experience - online‚ through mobile and in stores; and offers a one-stop‚ round-the-clock family shopping destination‚ where families can procure everything from groceries‚ to household tools‚ to electronics; delivers

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    Wal-Mart in China 1) Why is Wal-Mart successful in the U.S.? What are Wal-Mart’s competitive advantages and its sources? Wal-Mart has been successful and holds many competitive advantages in the U.S. for multiple reasons. First‚ Sam Walton believed that the future of retail chains lay in discounting. While he certainly had competitors when getting started‚ Walton focused on opening stores in “one-horse‚” rural areas that other retailers ignored. This was key as Wal-Mart grew at a very rapid

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    Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Strategy (textiles) Wal-Mart is the largest US retailer. Company’s decision to implement the business sustainability strategy to become “the most competitive and innovative company in the wolrd” should have a huge impact; since not only the company will become sustainable‚ but 60‚000+ suppliers would b forced to implement sustainability. Wal-Mart is deriving business value from this not from generating news sales and creating profit‚ but by improving brand image and creating

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    Wal-Mart and the United States and Global Economy Azusa Pacific University Table of Contents History of Sam Walton 3 Background of Wal-Mart 5 Management Philosophy 9 Use of Information Technology as a Competitive Weapon 10 Purchasing Power 12 Supply Chain and Inventory Management 14 Supply Chain and Distribution 14 Inventory Management 18 Expanded Operation in Groceries 21 Labor Unions and Wal-Mart 22 Role of the Largest

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    HR Practices of Wal-Mart The article‚ “How the HR division at Wal-Mart drives the company’s success through people” is about their HR strategy for their competitive advantage. It is written by previous Wal-Mart director of people‚ Michael Bergdahl (Bergdahl‚ 2010). It outlines in brief detail seven key strategies that Bergdahl believes are the most important for Wal-Mart’s success. In the article‚ it states Wal-Mart employs more than two million employees around the world (Bergdahl‚ 2010). They

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