WALMART INC Consolidated Balance Sheets Walmart’s Statement of Financial Position on January 31‚ 2012 is given below together with some transactions reported during the fiscal year 2012. (Amounts in millions) January 31‚ 2012 Assets Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $6‚550 Receivables 5‚937 Inventories 40‚714 Prepaid expenses and other 1‚774 Total current assets 54‚975 Property and equipment‚ at cost: Land 25‚612 Buildings and improvements 90‚686 Fixtures
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Abstract This memorandum is to introduce Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. that set out the topic of this company and get it approved. The topic of Wal-Mart is focusing on three external factors‚ which are history of company‚ lawsuits against the company‚ and foreign currency conversion. These factors from both the positive and negative aspects reflect the present situation of the company. Introduction Authorization Purpose‚ Scope and Report Organization The purpose of this report is to research some
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Case Study 2: The Wal-Mart Way 1) Should Wal-Mart be expected to protect small businesses in the communities within which it operates? There is no rule that has been set that or law that has been written saying that any business whether large or small has to protect other businesses in the community in which it is located in. While because Wal-Mart has grown so big and its effecting small businesses all over the United States it almost feels like it should have to it still does not. 2)
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Ethical Issues of Wal-Mart Wal-Mart was founded by Sam Walton. The first store was opened in year 1962 in Rogers‚ Ark. It is the place where people can shop variety of products for low prices and is leader in discount retailing. Wal-Mart is one of the biggest retailers in USA and has hundreds of stores worldwide. Being the lowest retail outlet Wal-Mart is always criticized by many groups. Community groups‚ Labour unions‚ religious organization and environmental groups had protested against Wal-Mart
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An annual report is also often referred to as a company ’s annual financial report. An annual report consists of four major parts‚ each of which can be broken down into specific areas pertaining to the business in question. These four sections reveal the business ’s financial status in terms of earnings‚ spending‚ debt and long-term assets. The first main section of Walmart’s annual report is assets. The company ’s assets are often presented in a category near the beginning of the annual report
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The company I decided to use for this discussion is PetSmart. PetSmart is focusing on four different areas of business to reduce their footprint and increase efficiency Energy Reduce energy use in all PetSmart stores‚ upgrading and recycling 153 store HVAC units they prevented 804 metric tons of CO2 emissions. Water reduce consumption in all stores introduce low-flow toilets‚ reducing the fish systems‚ introducing repositories to re-circulate water through the fish system Recycling- working towards
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Identify Wal-Mart’s corporate mission. According to the Wal-Mart’s 2008 annual report from 22 Oct 2008‚ their mission statement is “We save people money so they can live better”. Identify what you believe the organization’s strategic mission is. I believe in a strategic sense that Wal-Mart has chosen to make their stores the “one stop shop” for everything the common American household needs. To do this‚ they have developed strategically over the years by growing from their initial platform
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Brittani Robbins Mr. Audler- BUS 409 March 11‚ 2008 Wal-Mart and It’s Urban Expansion Strategy Problems: 1. Immigration and customs raided Wal-Mart and found many problems 2. Media reported many problems 3. It was named the largest class action lawsuit 4. Activists and Union leaders criticized it for its low wages and low prices that put pressure on competitors/ 5. became a political symbol as Democratic candidates criticized it for health benefits 6. History of opposing unionization
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Wal-Mart emphasizes low prices‚ not sales and unlike competitive flyers‚ they use professional models. Wal-Mart focuses on ordinary people including their associates. The flyers also devote an inordinate amount of space to community oriented and patriotic topics. Unraveling the symbolic puzzle presented by the distinctive elements of Wal- Mart flyers draw our attention to the importance of retail and retail symbolism. Published research offers many reasons for Wal-Mart’s success in
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Question 1 Introduction Wal-Mart is which started from a humble store in Ozarks is now one of the largest corporations in the America. The success of Wal-Mart is mainly due to its core competences. Core competences are valuable‚ rare‚ costly to imitate and non-substitutable. Before identifying core competencies of Wal-Mart the resources and capabilities must be identified. Tangible Resources 1) Financial Resources Wal-Mart has the ability to generate internal funds. This is evident in Exhibit
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