Walmart and Equal Opportunity Jenny Lindemann & Demetria West Austin Peay State University Case Summary In a small rural Tennessee town called Smallville‚ resides approximately 5000 people. The members of Smallville are tight knit and everyone knows one another. Smallville is located more than 30 miles from any major metropolitan area‚ making employment outside of the community very difficult. Aside from any locally owned motels and restaurants‚ the largest employer in the
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References: Block‚ S. B.‚ & Hirt‚ G. A. (2005). Foundations of Financial Management (11th ed). The McGraw- Hill Co. Google-Finace. (2008). Finacil statements: Targets and Walmarts Company‚ Retrieved April 10‚2008‚ from http://finance.google.com/finance?fstpe=ci&q=LUV Target Corporation Investors. (2006) Retrieved electronically on April 15‚ 2008 from http://investors.target.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=65828&p=irol-stockQuoteChart
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Honduras‚ Mexico‚ Nicaragua‚ Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom‚ as well as joint venture agreements in China and a stake in a leading Japanese retail chain. It was estimated that Wal-Mart served more than 138 million customers each week. Wal-Mart ’s strategy was to provide a broad assortment of quality merchandise and services at "everyday low prices" (EDLP) and was best known for its discount stores. In the general merchandise area‚ Wal-Mart ’s competitors included Sears and Target‚ with specialty retailers
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1. Do you think Wal-Mart is doing more to become more sustainable? Yes‚ I do believe Wal-Mart is doing enough to become more sustainable. Wal-Mart is one of the most powerful companies internationally. As with all things that come with power‚ Wal-Mart’s business practices are scrutinized thoroughly. This includes their relationships with suppliers‚ employees‚ consumers‚ and the environment. In recent years‚ the environment has become such a big issue that Wal-Mart‚ as well as other companies
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the worst places to work for and they are most certainly one of the worst places to shop at. I worked at a company that is similar in stature to Wal-Mart called Meijer‚ and where I live‚ they are what would be called a “worst nightmare” for the global conglomerate
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[pic] GOING GREEN BUSA 499 Professor Lee September 29‚ 2008 Case Study 1 – Wal-Mart Stores Dan Lessard Landon Heidenreich Tommy Petramalo Kristian Arnesen TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents pg. 1 Executive Summary pg. 2 Ch. 1 pg. 3 1.1 Mission pg. 3 1.2 History pg. 3 1.3 Background pg. 4 Ch. 2 pg. 4 2.1 Internal VRIO Analysis pg. 4 VRIO Table pg. 10 2.2 External Five
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Identify the products and services sold by group and category Wal-mart’s products services ranges from a variety of items. Throughout Wal-marts stores which includes: super-centers‚ neighborhood markets and Sam club’s in the Untied States they offer over 50‚000 different items. The product offered by Wal-mart can be grouped from electronic‚ movies‚ music‚ books‚ toys‚ baby necessaries‚ jewelry‚ sports ‚ things for the home‚ garden and patio‚ gift registry‚ video games‚ books
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1. What ratios are MOST important in assessing current and predicting future value creation for Sears? For Wal-Mart? Sears Sears grew up to the world’s largest retailer by expanding annual sales through diversifying sale products‚ such as apparel‚ cosmetics‚ jewelry‚ electronics‚ household appliances‚ cookware‚ bedding and hand-tools. This article shows that Sears suffered from a cost increase in 1997‚ including lawsuits‚ credit collectibles and sales in Mexico. Besides‚ the flexible payment facility
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Attention: Wal-Mart Shoppers “You are making the choice” Attention: Wal-Mart Shoppers Navigating through the aisles of a local Wal-Mart Supercenter‚ shoppers are making choices of one of those “Great Values”‚ could they be sacrificing a hometown business to save some money? Ask yourself: are you contributing to the national medical crisis of obesity‚ is that great bargain an environmental nightmare‚ or is buying that pork chop you are potentially eliminating a much
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People of Walmart Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the world. This includes over 4‚800 stores‚ including 1.475 discount stores‚ 1‚750 Wal-Mart Supercenter combination discount and grocery stores‚ and 540 Sam’s Club warehouse stores. Walmart is an international company with stores reaching multiple continents throughout the world. They have sales of over $250 billion and made profits of $9.1 billion. They employee over 1‚500‚000 people worldwide and plan to add an additional 800‚000 people by
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