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    1962 by Sam Walton as a single owned family business. Mr. Walton’s business strategy focused on selling less inexpensive goods. Fitting in the CVF Model Mr. Walton’s business best represents the Rational Model. Mr. Walton also believed it having a filled store at all times allowing the customer to have a deep selection. From the beginning Mr. Watlon’s business was a success‚ showing that a large number of consumers buy based on price first and other contributing facts next. Mr. Walton decided

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    increased from $200‚000 million in 1940 to $300‚000 million in 1950 and $500‚000 million in 1960 (George Clark‚ 2006). As many people who wanted to change their life after 4 years of war‚ on May 9‚ 1950‚ Sam Walton purchased a store from Luther E. Harrison with a one-day remodeling sale. The store renamed “Walton ’s 5 & 10” and located in Bentonville‚ Arkansas to take advantages of the different hunting season of four states: Oklahoma‚ Kansas‚ Missouri‚ and Arkansas. On July 2‚ 1962‚ Wal-Mart Discount

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    Organizational Structure Tiffany Tyler‚ Samantha Moore‚ Eddie Martinez‚ Salvador Lua Management MGT/521 March 12‚ 2015 James Ghormley Wal-Mart’s Organizational Structure Wal-Mart opened their doors to the public back in 1962 in Rogers‚ Arkansas‚ Sam Walton; the brilliant mind behind the idea of Wal-Mart never could have imagined the type of success his business would eventually build. Wal-Mart evolved into a multibillion dollar company that earned over $15 billion in 2011 (Walmartstores.com‚ 2012)

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    7.1 Staffing Training and Development 8 7.2 Compensation and benefits based on Performance Management 8 7.3 Labor Relations 8 8.0 Recommendations 9 9.0 Conclusion 11 10.0 References 12 1.0 Introduction Wal-Mart‚ founded by Sam Walton in 1962‚ is one of the world largest companies by market capitalization and number of people employed and touching millions of customers everyday. There are more than 7‚800 Wal-Mart stores and Sam’s Club locations in 16 markets worldwide and there

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    world and 1.3 million in the United States alone (www.corporate.walmart.com‚ n. d.). In 2013‚ Wal-Mart ranked number one in the fortune 500 list with revenue of $469‚162‚000‚ according to www.financials.morningstar.com (n. d.). On July 2‚ 1962‚ Sam Walton opened the first Walmart store in Rodgers‚ Arkansas

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    powers online About Walmart • Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc.‚ is an American multinational retail corporation that operates chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. • Headquartered in Bentonville‚ Arkansas‚ the company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31‚ 1969. It has over 11‚000 stores in 27 countries‚ under a total 71 different banners. • Walmart is the world’s largest company by revenue‚ according to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2014‚ the biggest private

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    In July 2‚ of 1962 the first Wal-Mart opened in Rogers‚ Arkansas (Kuhlken para.5). It was founded by the Walton brothers Sam and J. L. (Bud). Wal-Mart’s concept involved huge stores offering customers a wide variety of name-brand goods at deep discounts that were part of an "everyday low prices" strategy (“Saving people money” para.5).Early in the 1970s‚ Walton implemented his warehouse distribution strategy. The company built its own warehouses so it could buy in volume and store the merchandise

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    In the case of “Staffing Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc” the greatest issue seems to be that of diversity. Numerous lawsuits surfaced against the Wal-Mart corporation with allegations of gender discrimination. One symptom that may have been overlooked was the fact that while Wal-Mart’s employment figure had increased by 50 percent in a span of five years‚ the percentage of women the company employed had actually decreased by three percent. Another issue‚ particularly prior to 1998‚ was that higher-level

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    Company Information Sam Walton opened their first Walmart store since July 2‚ 1962. “People think we got big by putting big stores in small towns. Really‚ we got big by replacing inventory with information.” They opened their first store in Rogers‚ Arkansas. By 1967 they owned 24 stores and bringing in $12.7 million in sales. By 1970 Walmart went national. They also became a publicly trading company. In 1980’s the first Sam’s Club opened and the first Walmart Supercenter opened as well. It combines

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    which was given in class) Many people believe that this is a true debate. Everyone has his or her own point of view. If you think about it‚ is Walmart really good for America? Walmart has made many changes since it was first opened in 1962‚ by Sam Walton. By the end of 2003‚ there were 2‚551 Walmart stores in the U.S. and this is all including supercenters‚ Sam’s Club’s and the famous neighboring markets.(Found in Walmart Nation packet‚ which was given out in class) After going over all the facts

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