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    Before analyzing Wal-Mart ’s corporate strategy‚ it is important to decide what business it is in. For example‚ if Wal-Mart is in the business of selling consumer goods such as TV ’s‚ sheets‚ clothes‚ etc then it is pursuing a concentric strategy by entering the food business. However‚ this changes depending on how you analyze what business Wal-Mart is in. Wal-Mart is in the business of selling everything customers need in their everyday lives. This includes the consumer goods listed above as

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    Maurice Hobson Professor: Grant Wylie PHI 3360‚ Business Ethics 12 April 2011 Ethical Case Study Wal-Mart vs. PETCO Good business ethics is just one of many ingredients necessary for a successful business. You cannot have a successful business if you take advantage of stakeholders that support and have a vested interest in your business. History has shown time and again that‚ when the opportunity to grab quick profits presents itself‚ ethics can all too readily take a back seat to

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    Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. Executive Summary Wal-Mart has grown to be the world’s largest retail and grocery store with sales soaring to $419 billion in fiscal year 2011. Wal-Mart employs over 2 million associates worldwide in 9‚600 retail units and operates in 28 countries. Wal-Mart has enjoyed its success since 1962 when the first store opened in 1962 in Rogers‚ Arkansas. Wal-Mart was founded by Sam Walton who envisioned a retail store that could “save people money to help them live better

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    Throughout the country‚ Walmarts of every shape and size‚ dominate the landscape. They exist in every environment‚ from small town to major metropolitan areas‚ and almost everyone has found themselves in one of the stores at one point in their life. Not only does Walmart have a strong grip in America‚ but the company has also taken hold in many other countries such as Germany‚ Honduras‚ and China. In these countries‚ the working environment of the workers is much different from what we see in our

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    Wal-Mart: Wal-Mart should use market development strategy to enter the Pakistani market. As the population of Pakistan consist of 17 billion people and most of the people belong to low-middle income group. Wal-Mart is well known for its low cost strategy and has a large range of products. They can use these strengths in an effective manner to take the advantages from the opportunities exists in the market of Pakistan.  Wal-Mart has a successful management style all over the world‚ which they can

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    Evaluating the Financial Health of Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. is a discount variety business that began small and has grown into a worldwide multibillion dollar industry within the forty eight years of operation. Providing a brief history‚ analyzing the financial statements‚ performing an industrial comparison and trend analysis‚ this paper will evaluate the financial health of this corporation. (Walmart Corporate‚ 2010). History Wal-Mart was established in 1962 by Sam Walton

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    Case Study 1-2 Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc.‚ in 2010 In 1979‚ Wal-Mart store was an unknown retailer compared to Kmart‚ the industry leader. “In less than 25 years‚ Wal-Mart had risen to become the largest corporation in sales‚” (Barney & Hesterly‚ 2012‚ PC 1-13). Wal-Mart had many challenges to face in the discount trade. This case displays Wal-Mart’s competitive advantages‚ how they developed them‚ if they are sustainable and how they have battled with their competitors. Furthermore‚ through the

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    Management and Leadership; the Wal-Mart Way Traveling back in time to 1962 in small town America‚ one would likely notice the absence of a now familiar sight. Today‚ people living in almost any town in America need not travel far to patronize one of today’s most popular discount retail establishments: Wal-Mart. Founded in 1962‚ Wal-Mart was the brainchild of Sam Walton‚ a charismatic retailing and merchandising leader. Under Sam’s leadership‚ Wal-Mart’s success grew rapidly‚ extending throughout

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    of spring 2005 must have left a mark on the corporate strategy of every retailer vying for a share in China‚ the world’s most populous consumer market. From this time on‚ foreign retailers were no longer constrained to specified regions‚ forced to enter into joint ventures with local partners‚ or hampered by a lack of distribution rights—China’s retail market had thawed and was laid open to all. To the world’s largest retailer‚ Wal-Mart Stores‚ China had long been a strategic imperative. On

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    Summary Under staunch leadership‚ Wal-Mart rose to the top of the proverbial business food-chain after its foundation in 1962 (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich‚ & Ferrell‚ 2011). The company’s beginnings were humble‚ growing from one store to 3‚000 in only 5 decades (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich‚ & Ferrell‚ 2011). Like most companies‚ Wal-Mart faced the trials and tribulations caused by evolving‚ adapting‚ and competing in a growing‚ changing world. Wal-Mart responded positively to the highly controversial lawsuits

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