Walmart financial analysis project CONTENTS INTRODUCTION4 VISION STATEMENT5 MISSION and OBJECTIVES5 COMPANY SUMMARY6 OWNERSHIP6 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE7 HISTORY OF WAL-MART8 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS9 MARKETING ANALYSIS10 MARKET SEGMENT11 MARKET SHARE13 DOMESTIC COMPETITORS14 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITORS15 CURRENT PRODUCTS16 PRODUCTS16 BCG MATRIX17 STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION SUMMARY19 COMPETITIVE EDGE20 MARKETING AND SALES STRATEGY21 COST STRATEGY21 CAPITAL STRUCTURE
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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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6 Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. — 2009 Amit J. Shah and Michael L. Monahanat Frostburg State University WMT www.walmart.com In May 2009‚ Wal-Mart began revamping the electronics departments in its 3‚500 U.S. stores to make them much more interactive and roomier. The company wants all the business that Circuit City’s failure left and also wants Best Buy and Amazon’s business. Wal-Mart now carries more sophisticated electronics products such as Research in Motion Ltd.’s Blackberry smart phones‚ Palm
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FM 362-701 Professor Salerno Assignment 5: Due 5/01/13 To start establishing the store culture for this new luxury handbag and accessory company I will first have a storewide meeting iterating to everyone what our goals‚ mission‚ and visions for the company are. Taking from those I would like the entire staff to work together to come up with our idea of what our store culture should be. I believe when others are able to give their input on something they are more willing to follow those words
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Sears‚ Roebuck and Co. vs Wal-Mart Stores Case Background Sears‚ Roebuck and Co. Wal-Mart Stores Started as a company dealing in catalogue sales Diversification into 3 types of business – Retail‚ Service and Credit Retail store types – Full line stores‚ Auto stores‚ Home and lifestyle stores Started as a franchisee type variety store Primarily Retail business – Discount stores‚ Supercenters‚ Sam’s club warehouses Focus on price conscious consumers Comparison of Retail Strategy
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WAL-MART STORES INC 1. Conduct a SWOT analysis STRENGTHS • Powerful retail brand • Has a reputation for ‘value for money’ • Strong customer service • Very convenience • Offers a wide range of products • Has grown rapidly and has expanded globally • The use of latest supply chain technology RFID which increases the monitor and management of inventory • Very efficient distribution strategy (lower distribution cost) WEAKNESSES • Due to selling different products
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Wal-Mart stores in 2003 Identify the issue Wal-Mart stores‚ one of the most successful retailing chain in the world‚ has gain competitive advantage over its competitors. Thanks to his unique set of features‚ like its powerful IT system‚ its way of manage suppliers or its logistic system‚ Wal-Mart is able to responds quickly at demand changing‚ maintain low costs and satisfy its customers. Framework used in analysis The analysis will be conducted using the value chain framework in order to analyze
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Management Control Systems Assignment Case study: A) Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc.‚ Case 1-2‚ Page no. 31 B) Vershire Company‚ Case 4-1‚ Page no. 145 Case A) Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. Question 1. What is Wal-Mart’s strategy? What is the basis on which Wal-Mart builds its competitive advantage? Answer Wal-Mart’s Strategy is a. Winning strategy of Wal-Mart is based on selling branded products at a low cost. b. Marketing strategy of Wal-Mart is “Everyday low prices” is to pull in customers everyday
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the ratios of the strategics profit model for Walmart and Target stores. Interpret these ratios with the special attention to comparing these two major discount retailer. I thought that Walmart is significantly higher than Target. Walmart is increasing at the steady rate‚ whereas Target changes a lot. Target eventually gets to a point where its still increasing but its not increasing at the same rate that Walmart is. At the end of third quarter of Walmart had nearly $210 billion in assets. On average
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