Wal-Mart Internationalization

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 2

COMPANY HISTORY AND BACKGROUND 4

  Organizational Culture 5

  International Penetration 6

INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION 9

  Industry Analysis 9

  Table 1: TED Spread (2005-2010) 11

  Table 2: VIX (2005-2010) 12

  Table 3: FCI (2005-2010) 12

  Size of the U.S. Retail Market 13

  Table 4: S&P Retail Index (2005-2010) 14

  Table 5: U.S. Retail Sales (2005-2010) 14

  Structure of the U.S. Retail Market 15

  Table 6: U.S. Retail Sales 2007 16

  Table 7: U.S. Retail Sales 2008 17

  Table 8: Consumer Confidence Index 18

  Potential Growth 18

  Table 9: PERSONAL SAVING RATE 19

  Graph 10: U.S. Real Consumption and Income Growth 1933-2009 20

  Table 11: Sales Growth and Profitability by region/country 2008 22

  Walmart’s Performance in the Context of Global, U.S. and Industry Trends 23

  Table 12: Walmart’s Revenue 2005-2009 in $m 23

  Table 13: Real GDP Developed World 25

Walmart & its competitors 26

  Walmart International - Overview 26

  International Sales 27

  Competition within United States 30

  Walmart Stock compared to Target Corp., Costco & Kroger over the last 5 years 31

  Walmart – Global competition 33

  Global Presence of Walmart Vs its Competitors 34

  Product-Offering of Walmart Vs. Its global competitors 35

COMPANY DESCRIPTION 36

  Financial 36

  Sales: 39

  Operating Income: 40

  Return on Equity (ROE): 41

  Earnings per share: 42

  Key Financial Highlights of Walmart from 2004 to 2008 43

  Personal and Human Resources 43

  Several measures were taken to increase the productivity of the employees. 44

  Current Human Resources (HR) policies of WM 44

  Criticism of the HR policies of Walmart 45

  Operations 45

CONCLUSION OR LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE 47

PART 2 49

An outline of major problems or issues the organization is facing or will face during the strategic period 49... [continues]

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