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    INTRODUCTION Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc.‚ the largest company in the world‚ has achieved leadership in the retail industry as a result of its efficient supply chain management practices. Setting record sales and earnings for fiscal year 2008‚ Wal-Mart’s total net sales were $374.5 billion‚ an 8.6 percent increase over the previous fiscal year and a record for any retailer. Wal-Mart’s mission to ‘save people money so they can live better’ has impacted more than 176 million consumers in thirteen

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    Why Wal-Mart successful?

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    Do you know how big is Wal-Mart? Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer‚ which has approximately 3‚900 stores in the U.S. and 1.6 million employees. In 1962‚ when Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart store in Rogers‚ Arkansas‚ no one could have ever predicted the enormous accomplishment this small-town merchant would have. The reasons why Wal-Mart is successful are because of its low price‚ convenience and role of monopoly in the industry. The first reason why Wal-Mart is so successful is

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    Wal-Mart Stores has successfully been operated as a discount store according to their "Everyday Low Price" philosophy since 1970. Exhibit 1 shows analysis of Wal-Mart’s relative costs of 1984. In order to compare in terms of the discount industry‚ we can use the record of Wal-Mart without Sam’s. The gross margin of Wal-Mart was lower than that of the discount industry. The income of Wal-Mart‚ however‚ was larger than that of the discount industry because the selling general and administration expenses

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    Wal Mart Case Study

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    STUDY Wal-Mart is an American multinational retailer store that runs largest chain of discount department stores and warehouses. Wal-Mart was found in 1962 by Sam Walton in America. After its great success in America and other countries Wal-Mart decided to introduce itself in Germany by 1997. Wal-Mart failed to do business in Germany because the strategies and plans it used in America failed to work in Germany as the requirements of people and business differ from that in America. Wal-Mart failed

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    Wal-Mart Item Finder Application Kelsey Polston English 315 Professor Mark Crilly November 10‚ 2012 Table of Contents Transmittal……………………………3 Executive Summary…………………..4 The Problem…………………………..5 Wal-Mart History……………..5 Customer Technology………...5 Conclusion……………………………5 References……………………………7 Transmittal Everyone in the United States shops at Wal-Mart Corporation at some point in their life because they have so many items that are useful in everyday life. It can be very frustrating

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    My views on Wal-mart and the company’s effect on the standard of living within the United States varies drastically. I do not think that it is possible to say definitively whether or not their practices are positive or negative when it comes to the effect they have on the standard of living‚ however‚ we can measure their effect based on what has been seen in the time they have been open and attempt to foresee a trend. Because the standard of living is used to refer to the level of material goods

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    Is Wal-Mart Good For America? Introduction We all want to do what is best for our families‚ our friends‚ ourselves and our country. However‚ our nation’s number one corporation is under constant ridicule for being a negative part of the American way. Wal-Mart is the overall number one on the fortune 500‚ over taking Exxon Mobile after a one year slip to the number 2 spot. However Wal-Mart is constantly being ridiculed by media and everyday citizens‚ its employees included. These opinions are

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    Wal-Mart Health Care Dilemma

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    Running Head: Case Analysis Case Analysis Report Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Health Care Dilemma There have been some concerns about Wal-Mart’s treatment of its employees‚ suppliers‚ the environment‚ and the overall economic impact on communities. Wal-Mart has been criticized by some community groups‚ women’s rights groups‚ grassroots organizations‚ and labor unions‚ specifically for its extensive foreign product sourcing‚ low wages‚ low rates of employee health insurance enrollment‚ resistance to

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    reports we can conclude that Wal-Mart operates its stores as mass discount retailers‚ carrying between 60‚000 and 90‚000 different merchandise items in each store. Wal-Mart purchases more than $22 billion in merchandise‚ turning its inventory over as often as 4.5 times per year. Sam Club carries between 3‚500 and 5‚000 different merchandise items‚ acquiring more than $2.6 billion in merchandise. Wal Marts operations grew from 2003 to 2005. For example‚ the number of Wal-Mart stores increased and the

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    One Nation under Wal-Mart

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    Matthew Wallace One Nation under Wal-Mart 1. Facts Wal-Mart is now the world largest company. There are more than 8‚400 Wal-Mart stores worldwide. 140 million shoppers visit the U.S. stores each week. 82% of American households purchase at least one item from Wal-Mart every year. Wal-Mart controls about 30% of the market in household staples. Sells 15% of all magazines and 15%-20% of all CDs‚ videos and DVDs. It is expected to control over 35% of U.S. food sales. When comparing other companies that

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