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    Walmart

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    Part 1 1.) provide an overview as follows; type of retailer‚ headquarters location‚ annual volume‚ sales growth trend‚ number of store locations‚ target market‚ geographic markets served‚ products/services offered and channels of distribution provided.  Note: this will require use of one of the library data bases‚ such as Hoovers or Data Monitor. Wal-Mart (Wal-Mart) founded in Arkansas in 1962 by American retail legend Mr. Sam Walton and the head quarter is also located in Bentonville‚ Arkansas

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    Report‚ 2012) It reached annual sales of $466 billion in 2013. The following figure from yahoo finance shows Wal-Mart’s competitor comparison. Wal-Mart is in the discount variety store industry. Its direct competitors are: Carrefour‚ Costco‚ and Target. Wal-Mart with the revenue of $469.16 billion dollars is leading the industry. Europe’s Carrefour has the revenue of around $105 billion. Costco has the revenue of

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    HANOI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT GROUP REPORT: WAL-MART LOW-COST STRATEGY ANALYSIS Lecturer: Mr. Le Dang Hoang Tutor:Ms. Do Thi Ha Lan Tut 1TR10 Group member: Tran Viet Anh 1006090006 Nguyen Tra My 1006090034 Dao Minh Tam 1006090045 Cao Thi Thuong 0907010220 Table of content Introduction 3 I.The implementation of strategy in the company 4 II. Archievement of Wal-Mart thanks to low-cost strategy 8 III. Competition of Wal-Mart

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    Taft Executive Summary

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    run to help a customer. If they were able to upgrade their technology‚ they would be able to save all the paperwork in the computer and not have to worry about a paper trail. Taft goes through so much paper that it becomes very costly. Another weakness is that Taft is still small in comparison to major furniture chains and is confined to it is available space. They are unable to open up online ordering. This is something that their competitors are doing while Taft is not able to offer this feature

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    Wal Mart and Its Usgae of It

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    Wal-Mart and its usage of IT Melanie Betty Edwin Melgar-Mejia Diego Garcia Keir Tilford University of Redlands School of Business Abstract IT systems are the heart of retail operations and hence play a central role in alleviating pressure points in the retail sector. The converse also holds true—retailers who do not manage their IT landscape effectively will find that‚ in time‚ the IT systems become part of the problem rather than components of the solution. Wal-Mart‚ “America’s low price

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    Walmart Case Analysis

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    Wal-Mart‚ 2007 Case Analysis International Business Executive Summary 4 Challenges 5 Re-Aligning the Marketing Strategy for Greater Relevancy 5 Figure 1: Wal-Mart Segmentation Strategy 8 Figure 2: Customer Segment Loyalty Analysis 10 Human Resources Lack Compliance and Governance 11 Figure 3: Wal-Mart’s Chain of Command 14 Ethnocentrism Rampant In Global Growth Strategies 15 Competitive Strategies must get Beyond Price Wars 18 Wal-Mart’s Competitors 19 Figure

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    The one of biggest retail in the world store is Wal-Mart which is founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31‚ 1969. Wal-Mart is American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets‚ discount department stores‚ and grocery stores. According to Fortune Global 500 list in 2014‚ Wal-Mart is the world’s largest company by revenue and biggest private employer in the world with 2.2 million employees. As of March 31‚ 2016‚ Wal-Mart has 11‚527 stores and clubs

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    Walmart Case Study

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    criticisms as well as his determination to be a successful. The central issue of this case is : Why are there such conflicting perceptions of Wal-Mart? Some people see Wal-Mart as an example of “social responsibility” and one of the most admired corporations in America‚ while others see it as an unattractive homogenizing factor and a “Merchant of Doom” that should not be allowed to set up shop in small towns. Stakeholders & Stakes: (two points) Stakeholder group Specific Stakeholder (2+) Stake

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    Wal-Mart Case study analysis Submitted by: Sarfaraj Heranja Roll No.: 33 Submitted to: Prof. Karan Shashtri VRIO framework of Wal-Mart Capabilities Valuable? Rare? Hard to Imitate? Support by organisation? IT investments and systems Y N N Y Economies of scale Y N N Y Relationship with suppliers Y Y Y Y Distribution system Y Y Y Y Low price offerings Y Y Y Y Culture Y Y Y Y Core competencies: Relationship with suppliers: WalMart known for their supply

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    Microsoft. Low cost leadership stratergy The cost leadership strategies are helping Wal-Mart to reduce its cost of operations and thus enjoy higher profits as well as the larger market share. The company is able to beat its competitors such as Target Corporation by reducing prices and thus achieving sustainable competitive advantage to a great extent. * Low cost: Wal-Mart has lower operating expenses than the industry average. The primary cost advantage is Wal-Mart’s superior distribution capability

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