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    Luis Madariaga ACC-321 Dr. R. Hurley THE DISCOUNT AND VARIETY RETAILING INDUSTRY PART I - INTRODUCTION AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS A. Industry & Company Profiles In this segment of the retail industrycompanies offer members‚ who pay an annual fee‚ a limited selection of products and services. Facing competition from discounters‚ such as Target that do not charge a membership fee‚ firms in this industry are continuously expanding their offerings to include additional products and services

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    Wal-Mart Stores has successfully been operated as a discount store according to their "Everyday Low Price" philosophy since 1970. Exhibit 1 shows analysis of Wal-Mart’s relative costs of 1984. In order to compare in terms of the discount industry‚ we can use the record of Wal-Mart without Sam’s. The gross margin of Wal-Mart was lower than that of the discount industry. The income of Wal-Mart‚ however‚ was larger than that of the discount industry because the selling general and administration expenses

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    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 with rivals 9 a. Rivals reactions to Wal-Mart strategy 9 b. Wal-Mart’s

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    What‚ 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

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    Ethics Professor Bari Courts November 2012 Unit III Case Study Wal - Mart‚ the name can evoke different emotions in people‚ you love it or not. Reality is‚ the company has and continues to have a huge impact on the global retail market. The current business model dictates that every store and every employee reduce costs to maintain huge financial benefits. In spite of the alleged and proven ethical violations Wal-Mart continues to be driving force on the retail market. Ethical violations

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    Assignment for Wal-Mart   1. How was Wal-Mart successful early on? What were its sources of competitive advantage? Sam Walton had been an owner of several Ben Franklin franchises for many years. When his idea for opening up stores in small towns was turned down by the Ben Franklin organization‚ he and his brother Bud decided they would do it on their own. In 1962 Sam and Bud opened their first Wal-Mart Discount city store. By 1970‚ Walton had grown his chain to 30 discount stores in rural Arkansas

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    Written Analysis of Case – Wal*Mart Stores‚ Inc 1. To what extent can Wal-Mart’s performance be explained in terms of industry structure‚ and to what extent in terms of its competitive position? In assessing industry structure I have focussed primarily on Wal*Mart’s core business of the US discount store industry. Relevant aspects of Wal*Mart’s diversification into wholesale clubs and supercentres are also considered – although it could be argued that the dynamics of both (particularly the

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    Will Wal-Mart succeed or fail in South Africa and Chile? Research Paper Research Paper Guide: XXXX Submitted by: XXXX Research Paper Topic Will Wal-Mart succeed or fail in South Africa and Chile? Hypothesis Labour issues‚ cultural differences‚ and logistics and supply chain issues in host country will stall Wal-Mart’s success in South Africa and Chile. Objective To determine if factors such as labour‚ cultural differences‚ and logistics and supply chain impact Wal-Mart’s entry

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    . Wal-Mart has been able to achieve respectable leadership in the retail industry because of its focus on supply chain management. Discuss in detail the distribution and logistics system adopted by Wal-Mart. 2. The use of innovative information technology tools had benefited Wal-Mart’s supply chain management. In the light of the above statement‚ briefly explain how IT benefited Wal-Mart’s logistics and inventory management. 3. What were the supply chain management processes adopted

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    Sam Walton‚ Wal-Mart has grown to be the largest discount retail chain in the world. Wal-Mart currently has over 6‚500 thousand stores in 14 different countries‚ 1.8 million plus associates and nets sales this last quarter of over 85 billion dollars‚ an increase of 8.3 percent (walmart.com). The only other corporation larger than Wal-Mart to date is Exxon Mobile. So how does Wal-Mart keep their competitive advantage and sustain their position in discount retailing?Historically Wal-Mart main competitive

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