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    Wal-Mart Retail Business Analysis Retail markets are increasingly competitive and retailers are continuously looking for ways to make their products different. Wal-Mart is the retail leader in providing discounts to customers. In 1962 a man named Sam Walton opened his first Wal-Mart store in Roger‚ Arkansas. Due to his business practices‚ good strategies and implementation‚ Wal-Mart remains the world’s largest discounted retailer (Maier‚ M. 2005). Wal-Mart’s marketing strategies are based

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    Control Mechanisms of Wal-Mart � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �3� Control Mechanisms of Wal-Mart Without the effectiveness of control‚ the successes of most companies would be easily faltered. Wal-Mart‚ being one of the World’s largest retail chains‚ has established itself as a global leader‚ and not without having a defined plan of action. Through varying efforts and countless control regulation‚ this retail giant has secured itself within the industry. Throughout this paper‚ an address will be made to

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    Wal-Mart Strategy Analysis What are the key activities that Wal-Mart uses to create competitive advantage over its competitors? * Merchandising – Wal-Mart tailored merchandise offering to local markets through traiting to track product movements and focus on selling products that are higher in demand. Store managers were also given more latitude in setting prices to meet local market conditions. * Store Operations – Wal-Mart chose to build a store at a location where it could be expanded

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    [pic] Table of Contents Research Proposal Memo Introduction of Company Mission and Vision of the company HR Forecasting and Succession Planning Diversity initiatives Training and development Compensation and benefits Corrective action and discipline Turnover issues S.W.O.T Analysis Conclusion/Recommendation To: Professor Steven Cates‚ GB 520 class‚ and To Whom It May Concern Date: 3-20-2009 Re: Wal-Mart: Human Resources Project Proposal For this course

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    Total Vehicle Sales Forecast

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    Total Vehicle Sales Forecast Final Project Alexander Hardt Dr. Holmes Economic Forecasting 309-01W Summer II 8/6/2013 Executive Summary For this project I created a twelve month forecast for Total Vehicle Sales in the United States using four different methods. These four techniques are called exponential smoothing‚ decomposition‚ ARIMA‚ and multiple regression. To do so I picked one dependent (Y) variable along with two independent (X) variables and collected 80 monthly observations

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    Mara 466 Wal-Mart

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    Michael Brewer MARA-466-900 Wal-Mart In the modern era of business operations the store founded by the Walton family in Bentonville Arkansas has grown into the largest company in the world. From its small beginnings it has grown into the behemoth of the retail industry and defined the new way of doing business worldwide. Wal-Mart’s continued success can be contributed to their business plan‚ distribution system‚ HR management‚ product diversity‚ price‚ and negotiating power with manufacturers

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    Wal-Mart Struggles with Diversity Wal-Mart ’s vision is to achieve superior customer service and low prices‚ and to apply the three basic beliefs of founder Sam Walton: "respect for the individual‚ service to our customers‚ and strive for excellence."How might workforce diversity help a company fulfill this vision? How might diversity make this vision more challenging to achieve? Based on the information given in this case‚ how well do you think Wal-Mart has fulfilled its vision? Corporations

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    Wal-Mart definitely is not in a monopolistic market as there are other firms that are competing for market share and profits. A monopolistic firms generally reaps both short term and long term profits from the market by charging high prices for the products that it offers. Wal-Mart does exactly the opposite where it ensures that it’s prices are the lowest in the market. This indicates an oligopolistic behavior of firms like Wal-Mart whose focus is to drive other competing firms out of the market

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    Opinions regarding the prospective benefits and drawbacks of Wal-Mart have been shared for years. When Robert Reich published his essay‚ “Don’t Blame Wal-Mart”‚ in 2005 he tried to change the conversation from the corporation to the consumer. In order to achieve a successful essay‚ it is vital for a writer to successfully incorporate various criteria such as organization‚ tone‚ evidence‚ logos‚ pathos‚ and more. Utilizing these criteria will assist a writer in constructing a powerful essay that conveys

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    Wal-Mart Needs a Conscience Wal-Mart‚ one of the world’s top 500 companies‚ is famous for its low prices. As a premier company‚ Wal-Mart has served as a fantastic business model to many growing companies. Because Wal-Mart provides many job opportunities‚ the American unemployment rate is also reducing gradually. However‚ Wal-Mart practices “aggressive policies” (Featherstone) against its workers and labor unions that represent them. The vast majority of Wal-Mart employees‚ except for executives

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