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    historically‚ has been Wal-Marts key source of competitive advantage in discount retailing? WalMart’s competitive advantage is a result of several key strategic choices. • First‚ WalMart’s choice of geographic location in rural/small town locations that were not being served by competitors allowed it to establish itself as the sole discount retailer in these areas. • WalMart’s inventory management strategy. From the onset‚ WalMart has been a leader in implementing new and cost effective methods

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    Wal-Mart Question: 1 Why has Wal-Mart viewed international expansion as a critical part of its strategy? Wal-Mart invested over half a billion dollars in IT and satellite facilities to connect its worldwide stores to headquarters. Head-quarters could complete stock-taking of each item for more than 4‚000 stores worldwide within an hour. Wal-Mart started to expand abroad in 1990s and it opened its first store in Mexico‚ in 1994 it began operations in Canada. Moreover‚ its oversea expansion was in

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    Wal-Mart and the United States and Global Economy Azusa Pacific University Table of Contents History of Sam Walton 3 Background of Wal-Mart 5 Management Philosophy 9 Use of Information Technology as a Competitive Weapon 10 Purchasing Power 12 Supply Chain and Inventory Management 14 Supply Chain and Distribution 14 Inventory Management 18 Expanded Operation in Groceries 21 Labor Unions and Wal-Mart 22 Role of the Largest

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    Wal-Mart in China 1) Why is Wal-Mart successful in the U.S.? What are Wal-Mart’s competitive advantages and its sources? Wal-Mart has been successful and holds many competitive advantages in the U.S. for multiple reasons. First‚ Sam Walton believed that the future of retail chains lay in discounting. While he certainly had competitors when getting started‚ Walton focused on opening stores in “one-horse‚” rural areas that other retailers ignored. This was key as Wal-Mart grew at a very rapid

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    Case Study „Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc.“ MLA1 International Business and Management Introduction Wal-Mart is one of the world’s largest companies and is operating in discount retailing. Its first stores were opened in 1962 in small towns because Wal-Mart’s founder Sam Walton who died in 1992 had the idea that these towns were large enough to support one discount retailer‚ but not two. The main reason for Wal-Mart’s leading position in the market has always been based on its ability to offer products

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    Cifra SA de CV (Cifra)‚ a well-established retail chain in Mexico. 1997 Wal-Mart consolidated its position in Mexico after it acquired a major stake of 62% in Cifra. 2001 it controlled nearly half of the Mexican retail market. 2003 Wal-Mex became Mexico’s largest private employer. Success factors: 1. entry through a joint venture with an established local player. Cifra provided Wal-Mart with the necessary understanding of the Mexican

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    Assignment 1 Introduction Wal-Mart uses a tremendous amount of information resources to build their marketing decision support systems and customer relationship management environment. Wal-Mar’s main objective is to provide their customers with the best value they can find anywhere while providing friendly and efficient customer service. Its strategies are based on reducing costs to quality products so they are able to achieve “everyday low prices” (Walmart.com‚ 2013). Wal-Mart has to be able to monitor

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    Wal-Mart and the Economy

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    Wal-Mart and The Economy: Weighing The Advantages Charles D. Calton Central Texas College Wal-Mart and The Economy: Weighing The Advantages Would the American economy be better off without the existence of the Wal-Mart chain? Since the beginning Wal-Mart has completely changed the whole spectrum of how the economy works. The superstore has many benefits to its consumers but also has its many disadvantages on the economy in the bigger picture. What used to be a manufacturer

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    BADM 449 Wal-Mart Stores During the time of this case‚ there are multiple organizational capabilities that took place within the continuous growing Wal-Mart stores during 2003 as well as the years that led up to the time of this case. From the beginning of the store and the vision of Sam Walton‚ he used all of the different criteria for the VRIO framework. Near the beginning of the creation of Wal-Mart‚ Sam Walton‚ the founder of Wal-Mart‚ had many visions and a clear sense of direction

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    com/node/2593089 http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/akmohideen-193472-wal-mart-case-study-education-ppt-powerpoint/ How Could Wal Mart Continue Its Extraordinary Growth Management Essay Introduction The history of Wal-Mart started in 1962 with the opening of its first store in Arkansas‚ USA. The store stared as a retailer in the United States‚ but grew to reach extraordinary levels in the years to come. Wal-Mart grew rapidly‚ and used several methods to accomplish this growth. They opened

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