Company Background Name Logo Industries served Geographic areas served Headquarters Current CEO Revenue Profit Employees Main Competitors Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. Retail (Discount department stores and warehouse stores) Worldwide (10‚942 stores in 27 countries) [1] Bentonville‚ Arkansas‚ U.S. C. Douglas McMillon $485.651 billion (2015) 2% increase over $476.294 $16.182 billion (2015) 1.7% increase over $15.918 billion (2014) . 2.2 million (2014) Costco Wholesale Corporation‚ Dollar General Corporation
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Running head: WAL-MART Legal Compliance and Job Analysis Paper Wal-Mart Legal Compliance and Job Analysis BUS530- Human Resource Management [ July 17‚ 2011 ] The Title VII lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was a justified result of sexual harassment and mismanagement by Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart could have taken several steps within Human Resource (HR) policy to help deal with this incident‚ prevent further incidents‚ and ensure the defendant was properly employed
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LAKE v. WAL-MART STORES‚ INC.‚ 582 N.W.2d. 231 (Minn. 1998) FACTS The Plaintiff’s‚ 19-year-old Elli Lake and 20-year-old Melissa Weber were photographed nude‚ by Weber’s sister‚ when they were showering together while on vacation in Mexico. Upon return from their vacation‚ Lake and Weber brought their vacation film to Wal-Mart’s photo lab for developing. When they picked up their developed photos‚ there was a note from Wal-Mart enclosed with the photos and negatives stating that one or more photos
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"Basic History Overview" Wal-Mart’s history is one of innovation‚ leadership and success. It started with a single store in Rogers‚ Arkansas in 1962 and has grown to what is now the world’s largest - and arguably‚ the most emulated - retailer. Some researchers refer to Wal-Mart as the industry trendsetter. Today‚ this retailing pioneer has annual revenues of over $100 billion‚ 3‚000 stores and more than 750‚000 employees worldwide. Wal-Mart operates each store‚ from the products it stocks‚ to
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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HO CHI MINH CITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WAL – MART MARKETING PROBLEMS WHEN GOING GLOBAL By GROUP 5: NGUYEN THI HUONG GIANG NGUYEN THI TRUC LINH TRAN THI THU HANG NGUYEN PHU NGHI LE DUC PHUC A project submitted to Dr. Vu The Dung in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the International Marketing course Ho Chi Minh City‚ Vietnam 2011 Contents I. General information 3 1. Company Background 3
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Argumentative Essay December 1‚ 2013 “Is Wal-Mart Good for America?” Wal-Mart comes into communities to help build them up and add jobs. It succeeds in both things‚ but leaves much to be desired in the ways of treating their employees‚ which makes Wal-Mart is both an asset and a detriment to communities. While Wal-Mart contributes to the community by providing a place to purchase goods cheaply and obtain jobs that do not require much experience‚ they mar this goodwill through compassion-less
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everyone within the organization to be committed to Wal-Mart’s goal "total customer satisfaction"‚ and the strategic control systems were set accordingly. There are various elements of control systems used in Wal-Mart which are: Personal Control An example is when there is an underperforming store; top managers visit these stores in order to lend their expertise to the employees there. Moreover‚ they fly on monthly basis to various Wal-Mart stores locations to check their performance. Output
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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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Ethics Professor Bari Courts November 2012 Unit III Case Study Wal - Mart‚ the name can evoke different emotions in people‚ you love it or not. Reality is‚ the company has and continues to have a huge impact on the global retail market. The current business model dictates that every store and every employee reduce costs to maintain huge financial benefits. In spite of the alleged and proven ethical violations Wal-Mart continues to be driving force on the retail market. Ethical violations
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I The Day That Wal-Mart Dropped the Smiley Face Retail giant wal-mart annually spends close to a half billion dollars on advertising‚ so the company’s decision in the first month of 2005 to run full-page ads in more than 100 newspapers was not really surprising. What was surprising was the copy in those ads‚ which said nothing about low-priced toasters or new music CDs. Instead‚ the ads featured a photo of workers in their blue Wal-Mart smocks and a letter from Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott. Scott’s
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