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    Wal-Mart In Chicago

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    According to Wal-Mart’s corporate website, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is a retail corporation has 11,500 stores in 28different countries (Wal-Mart Site n.d.). Walmart employs 2.3 million associates worldwide and 1.5 million associates in the Unites States alone (Wal-Mart Site n.d.). In 2004, Wal-Mart tried get approval to build two stores in the Chicago city area. Although Wal-Mart was currently in the Chicago Metropolitan area, it had no foothold in the city of Chicago itself (Baron 2010). However, Wal-Mart had previously experienced labor issues in the past with other states in the U.S. With those labor issues looming, Wal-Mart had a negative stigma when it tried to break into new markets. This was the case in Chicago in 2004 when Wal-Mart…

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    The Wal-Mart Case

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    could potentially have on Wal-Mart? Do you think the women deserve to win their lawsuit? What is the outcome of the case cost Wal-Mart so much it had to lay off thousands of its workers and close stores? Answer: The first financial impact is Wal-Mart need to pay back and compensate for all female employees against whom Wal-Mart discriminated. This would cost the company a fortune because these female workers were entitled to promotions, salary increment, training and other things. The financial…

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    Wal-Mart In The Workplace

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    Wal-Mart is one of the chain store around the country that provides citizens with things at lower prices. Wal-Mart is always appreciated for providing great deals. However, when it comes to how it treats its workers, it is often criticized. Many corporations provide benefits to their workers. Yet, Wal-Mart is one of those stores that doesn’t provide as many benefits that most corporations provide to their employees. Truth is sometimes not what everyone can see. It is easy to blame someone for…

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    Wal-Mart And Child Labor

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    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 conditions for anywhere between 12-20 per day, seven days a week. In North America, there are legislations that…

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    Wal-Mart Case Study

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    L.. can I get a squiggly SQUIGGLY.. can I get an m M..can I get an a A… can I get an r R.. can I get a t T… what does that spell Wal-Mart” (Smith & Young, 2004). Although the Wal-Mart maybe the most controversial business in America, it has one of the greatest success stories in Americas history of business (Ferrell, Fraedrich & Ferrell, 2013). However, the success of Wal-Mart is accompanied by controversy, it is possibly the most controversial business in America. The company’s practices to…

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    Wal-Mart Case Analysis

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    The following year the company began to be publicly traded, with the first stock selling at $16.50 per share and the Walton family owning 61% of the shares. In 1972, Wal-Mart was listed on the New York Stock Exchange as WMT. In March 1972, Wal-Mart had its first 100% split, trading at $47 per share. By the end of 1972, Wal-Mart has 51 stores and annual sales of $78 million. Wal-Mart expanded rapidly throughout the 1970’s, acquiring other companies, building new locations and expanding internal…

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    Wal-Mart has been recognized as one of the most unethical companies of this generation, the company has been getting away with multiple unethical and illegal acts for many years now. In 2010, Walmart was considered the world’s largest employer (Sethi, 2013). Some of the few unethical and illegal acts they have been accused of is, fraud, acts of bribery, corruption and mistreatment of employees with their powerful market status. Wal-mart has also been recognized one of the worst companies to work…

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    Pestle Analysis for Wal-Mart . Threat of entrants. The threat of new entrants in Wall -Mart grocery and discount in retailer industry is very low. New entrants definitely have to face the strong low-price competition among existing large retail companies likeTarget, Wal-Mart and Costco. New entrants will have to invest large amount of capital to establish their brand recognition, service, and variety of product offerings that Wal-Mart, Target, and others competitors that will continue to…

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    Who Is Wal-Mart Stores?

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    It is interesting to hear how Wal-Mart stores began as I was not aware of the history of how the company had grown to the large retail and wholesale giant they are today. There is a definite relationship between economies of scale and the success they business has accrued. Because they purchase enormous quantities of products for resale, the cost for the consumer is much lower; therefore, creating the competitive market advantage (Thomas & Maurice, 2010). Personally, I can’t think of many…

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    (Prabhjyot Sandhu) Wal-Mart, one of the world’s most successful retailing corporations is the leader in the industry to this date. This giant empire was founded by Sam Walton in 1962. Wal-Mart changed the face of the retail industry as its competitors thought the idea of a successful business built around by offering a lower price and great service would never work. Sam Walton had disproven the traditional retail corporation’s approach to the success and growth of his empire, as the company had…

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