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    CASE #3 Wal-Mart on Trial on ’Predatory Pricing’ Charges ------------------------------------------------- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and its pricing practices went on trial in an Arkansas courtroom‚ where three independent pharmacies are trying to prove that the nation’s largest retailer sold merchandise below its costs in an effort to drive competitors out of business. The retail druggists in Conway‚ Ark.‚ north of Little Rock‚ contend that their business suffered from Wal-Mart’s "predatory prices"

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    Hbr Wal-Mart Case Study

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    1) What are Wal-mart’s competitive advantages? a. Large variety of products and services b. Extremely well known brand name c. Superior IT systems d. Volume purchasing power e. Lots of investment capital 2) How sustainable are those advantages? a. The ability to offer a wide variety of products and services is essential to their business model‚ however by expanding the number of product/services too much or too quickly‚ their variety can become a liability. Have a large variety of products/services

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    Management 78-614 Odette School of Business‚ University of Windsor TITLE OF CASE: Superior Supermarkets. _"Everyday Low Pricing"_ KEY PERSON AND HIS / HER POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION: James Ellis Senior V.P at Hall Consolidated and President of Superior Markets KEY ISSUE OR DECISION THAT MUST BE MADE: Should Superior Supermarkets implement the everyday low pricing strategy? If so‚ should this strategy be adopted across-the-board for all products or just certain categories? BASIC FACTS OF THE CASE:

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    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 project I have chosen a company that I am very familiar with and have first hand knowledge of‚ Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. My plans for this project are to first gather information concerning Wal-Mart’s human resource practices‚ policies‚ and functions by using my access as an Assistant Manager to research materials. Through

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    Sears vs. Wal-Mart Questions Accompanying the Case Create a table and calculate the following ratios for the three years for both Sears and Wal-Mart: Current ratio‚ quick ratio‚ ‚ total assets turnover‚ fixed assets turnover‚ inventory turnover (using cost of good sold)‚ inventory turnover per day (days payable)‚ days sales outstanding‚ days payable outstanding‚ debt ratio‚ time-interest-earned‚ fixed charges coverage‚ return on sales‚ net operating profit after taxes ratio‚ return on total

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    Wal-Mart Ethical Issue Paper

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    Running head: ETHICAL ISSUE IN BUSINESS Ethical Issue in Business (Wal-Mart’s Ethical Controversy) Michael J. Charley‚ Deniqua Jackson‚ Beatina Marshall‚ Tom Pletzke University of Phoenix Instructor: ROBERT OXLEY Course: ETHICS IN MANAGEMENT PHL/323 Date: May 21‚ 2008 This paper will obtain information about a researched issue that deals with business ethics. The paper will include a summary of the Article and issue. This paper will also touch on the following topics‚ what

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    Wal-Mart Financial Analysis Danny J. Saldana FIN515 August 27‚ 2012 Professor David Felsberg I have chosen Wal-Mart as my company to do a financial analysis on. In my financial analysis I will look will be reviewing Wal-Marts financial ratios for years 2010 and 2005. I will also be looking at Target’s financial ratios for the same years to determine how Wal-Mart is doing within its industry. (All numbers are in thousands) Liquidity ratios Current ratio - Measures whether or not

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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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    Wal-Mart Lack of compassion Tip of the iceberg can describe the story below. Wal-Mart is company No. 1 in the world. It has the most revenue over any other company ($421 Billion). But its riches equal its controversies. This story is probably the most apt at describing the unethical treatment of its workers‚ because of the sheer senselessness of it. In 2000‚ a collision with a semi-trailer left 52-year-old Deborah Shank with permanent brain damage and in a wheelchair. Her husband and three

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    "There are a lot of people who hate Wal-Mart. In the absence of data‚ they have a visceral reaction" (Neumark 1). Yet Walmart has strived to change that way americans think of walmart’s impact on the economy."According to economic consulting firm Global Insight‚ the existence of Wal-Mart in the United States and its effect on consumer prices results in an annual cost savings of $263 billion‚ or roughly $895 per person. The study also concluded that Wal-Mart created 210‚000 net new jobs last year

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