Sam Walton

The practice of one of the world’s largest and most well known businesses has been under scrutiny for a number of years. Wal-Mart, an international chain of retail stores, selling about almost anything one can imagine needing from clothes to office supplies to food. A few years ago, news had surfaced about the ill practices of the corporation in regards to child labour, forced labour and sweatshops in Bangladesh. It was reported that many children under the age of 11 are forced to work in harsh…

Walmart is the world’s largest retailer and corporation netting $482.13 billion in 2016 alone (amigobulls.com). One of the most highly debated topics nowadays is whether Walmart is good or bad for the American economy and the nation as a whole. This has been a highly debated topic ever since Walmart revolutionized the retail game by becoming the largest retailer in the world, thanks to their strategic marketing and low prices. Overall, Walmart definitely does more bad than good for our economy…

Situation Analysis: In 1945, Mohan kumar Gupta from Jaipur, Rajasthan started KCPL under the brand name of MKG. By 1973-74 they become the 2nd largest manufacturer of glucose biscuit in north region and they had substantially grown their family business. The glucose biscuit industry was very competitive because it was easy to enter into this business; it only required low investment and skill labor and fewer raw materials (Maida, sugar syrup and vanaspati).The competitors in this sector exists…

Introduction 1 Utama Shopping Centre, Petaling Jaya 1 Utama Shopping Center is situated in Bandar Utama Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. Its gross built-up area totals 5,000,000 square feet (465,000 m²). It is the largest shopping mall in Malaysia and the seventh largest in the world. Spread across five million-sqft, it is locally known as 1U and is divided into two wing, the Old Wing and New Wing. The Sultan of Selangor officially launched the New Wing, newly opened in 2004. The…

John Eagle Honda of Houston John Eagle Honda (JEH), was founded by Bob Eagle in 1962. As of today, his son John, has taken over all of the dealerships. Today dealerships of John Eagle sell models such as Honda, Volkswagen, Toyota, and Aston Martin within 11 stores in Dallas and Houston (D Magazine, 2008). JEH has been very successful within their Houston and Dallas locations and have begun expanding particularly in San Antonio. JEH’s main headquarters is in Dallas. However, John Eagle has…

QT NEAR ME. By its full name, it is referred to as Quick Trip. This is a private company under the retail (chains of convenience stores and fast food) industry that was formed in September 1958, at Tulsa Oklahoma where it serves as the headquarters. The Founders of QT are Burt Holmes and Chester Cadieux. QT serves nine hundred and fifty-three locations that are inclusive of Midwestern, southern, and Southeastern United States and in 2013, it ranked as one of the greatest and largest companies…

Coulombe was able to turn his small grocery store in a place of pilgrimage for gourmets and create a business that is valued at $ 2.6 billion, which now competes in terms of profitability with retail giants like Wal-Mart. In the 50s the idea to create a chain of stores with a unique assortment and affordable prices looked at least unprofitable. While buyers were too conservative, and the profit was brought by stores that were targeted at people with high income. But that did not stop Coulombe,…

“Sugar” As the old saying goes, “ Girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice.”,but now more than ever, they’re made of sugar. Over the past 200 years American’s thoughts about sugar have drastically changed. Since the days of chase lozenges, people’s Ideas about sugar have changed because of it’s price. availability, and health. One significant point about how people’s ideas about sugar have shifted is the price. According to “How candy conquered america”, “ Sweet treats [can…

The first store to be open of Stater Bros. was during the great depression, in Yucaipa California in the year 1936. By the end of that decade there were additional stores that opened. At the end of the year of 1959 Stater Bros. had 23 stores and also over than 700 employees, and they also developed their first version of the logo. Stater Bros. was later on purchased by Long Beach-based Petrolane Incorporated. By the end of the year 1969, Stater Bros. has now over 35 locations and more than 2000…

Franklin lived the American dream by starting with humble beginnings and ending with a very successful life. He found the secret to success by being selfless and putting his family and others first. Born in Sharp county Arkansas to Enoch Dewey Schales and Ruth Octavia Bonhill Schales. He was the 5th of 11 children. In 1938, they sold the family farm to move to Missouri that taught high school for the oldest daughter. In Missouri the family picked cotton and survived by working as migrant…