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    Bentonville‚ Arkansas‚ Wal-Mart has not stopped expanding. The First Wal-Mart store was opened in 1962 by a Mr. Sam Walton. He opened the store with one intention: sell products people need at the lowest price available. Wal-Mart has since blown up into a globally known and used corporation. Currently‚ more than fifty percent of all Americans live within five miles of a Wal-Mart store‚ which is less than a ten mile drive away. Ninety percent of Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart. (Fishman‚ 2006)

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    Central Issue The main issue facing the management of Wal –Mart was how to sustain their extraordinary growth. As the domestic market reaches saturation‚ a strategy for at home and for global expansion will be necessary. Recommendation Wal-Mart needs to identify and nurture the primary core competency that fueled their growth: fulfilling customer needs with a wide spectrum of products at "everyday low prices". This competency is the product of the aggregate of competencies across individual

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    Wal-Mart vs. Mom and Pop

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    Amber Ellis English 111 Leslie Bolser November 6‚ 2011 Is Wal-Mart smothering small town America? As of 1994‚ Wal-Mart had 2‚504 stores across the U.S. and was expected to open 125 more that year (Ortega 205). Wal-Mart stores do over $67 billion dollars in annual sales (Norman 207). Everywhere there is evidence of new establishments being built. It seems that cities are now reaching out further and small towns growing up overnight. Some call

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    Wal-Mart Fiscal Year 2011

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    chose to analyze is Wal-Mart. The main sections of the annual report consist of revenue‚ balance sheet‚ and cash flows. Over the past year‚ Wal-Mart had a 2.19% price range over the last 100 days‚ and a 52 week high/low of 77.15-57.36. Their net sales were increased over the last year by 5.9%‚ leaving their net sales at $443‚854‚000. 2. Discuss the key factors that influenced the company’s financial performance during the year. During the fiscal year 2011-2012‚ Wal-Mart opened 612 new stores

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    Financial Aspects of Wal-Mart Corporation Financial Leadership Mike Duke is the president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. (Wal-Mart). From 2005 to February 2009‚ Mike served as vice chairman of the company‚ with responsibility for Wal-Mart International. As CEO‚ Mike leads a strong management team that is focused on keeping Wal-Mart’s mission of “saving people money so they can live better” relevant to every customer‚ every day. Since joining Wal-Mart in 1995‚ Mike has

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    which are supply chain management‚ operations‚ distribution‚ marketing and sales‚ and after-sales service (Rothaermel‚ 2017). A cost- leadership strategy creates the same or similar value for customers by delivering products and services at a lower cost than its competitors (Rothaermel‚ 2017). A cost leadership example would be Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart strategy is to provide a higher quality of products and services to its customers at a lower cost. Wal-Mart supply chain management is to engage with its

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    Wal-Mart‚ the big giant‚ the place where a lot of people usually do their shopping for the low prices and the variety of products was founded by Sam Walton. Walton was an entrepreneur with an innovative vision‚ started his own company and made it into the leader in discount retailing that it is today. In fact‚ Wal-Mart is considered to be the biggest company in the U.S. and it has stores worldwide. According to PBS‚ "Wal-Mart employs more people than any other company in the United States outside

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    Wal-Mart Financial Health Evaluation David Carlson ACC 230 February 27‚ 2011 Anne Klemme Wal-Mart Financial Health Evaluation When analyzing the annual financial reports for Wal-Mart it is easy to see a positive outlook in Wal-Mart ’s future of financial health. Looking at and comparing the ratios with other companies in the same industry‚ Wal-Mart seems to be the easy frontrunner. A review of the current‚ debt/equity‚ inventory turnover‚ net profit margin‚ Return on Total Assets (ROA)‚

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    One Nation under Wal-Mart

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    Case Study 1.2 Rosalyn Rivera MGMT 5253 October 11‚ 2014 Professor 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

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    and External Factors of Wal-MartIn 1962‚ Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart store and the retailing giant has been rising to success ever since. Various factors have played an integral role in the success of Wal-Mart‚ but without the strong execution of the four functions of managementWal-Mart would have failed like many others. This paper will discuss in detail the how internal and external factors affect the four functions of management. GlobalizationIn 1993 Wal-Mart formed their International

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