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    Vs. Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc Problem: Don Edwards‚ a recent MBA graduate has been asked to analyze the financial performance of Sears and Wal-Mart. Although Wal-Mart is the industry powerhouse‚ its 20% return on equity (ROE) lags behind that of Sears’ 22%. Analysis: Wal-Mart operates fewer stores than Sears but is ahead in terms of total selling area by a ratio of 3.4:1. Between 1995 and 1997‚ Sears’ retail store revenue per selling square foot was not only lower than that of Wal-Mart

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    Comparative Study of Asia Strategy: Wal-Mart versus Carrefour Miao-Que Lin Fu Jen Catholic University‚ China. Wen-Kuei Liang Tatung University‚ China. Abstract Wal-Mart‚ the number one retailer in the world‚ persistently maintain three fundamental beliefs—respect everyone‚ total-solution service‚ and in search of highest quality—to shape their unique corporate culture. They insist lowest price every day‚ carry out total solution services‚ effectively control the cost of global logistics‚ fully

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    Compare and contrast the strategies of Carrefour and Wal-Mart in the Chinese market A recent article (Liu Jie‚ 2008) revealed that restrictions on business numbers‚ geographical positions and stockholders have been gradually diminished‚ which can be regarded as a supplement to promises to WTO. As a consequence of market liberalization‚ foreign retailers have gained rights to compete with domestic companies in Chinese market. Over recent years‚ Chinese market has appealed the booming entry to external

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    How do Wal-Mart’s affect a small town’s economy? Some people may think it would boost the economy and give job opportunities to the ones that live there. It will save them money in the long run. Although some people may agree it boost it‚ there are also people that believe it would put a lot of family owned businesses out of business and they may also take up a lot of ground area to build. In New York they did a random sampled poll for small businesses to vote and see how many small

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    Toy Aisle Review For this research paper I decided to go to Wal-Mart. I noticed a lot of differences that I never really paid attention to before. I noticed a lot of differences between the aisles. Obviously aisles had very distinct color differences‚ pink for the girls‚ dark blue for the boys. The boys aisle had more rugged and fighting toys while the girls aisle had more dolls and home cleaning supplies. These are the more obvious differences that I saw. There were‚ however‚ more differences

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    The Wal-Mart case is intended for an introductory or main course on Financial Statement Analysis. It may also be useful within a Corporate Finance/Financial Management course. After a class on financial statements and liquidity‚ profitability and solvency ratios – and some brief examples discussed by the lecturer – students should be capable of making a financial analysis of Wal-Mart. Students can be asked to make this analysis in class‚ or to prepare the case outside the classroom‚ and to present

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    reduce number of employees‚ what can cause savings of about $100 million. Comparing to Wal-Mart‚ Albertsons will try to move ahead using more technology each day‚ right now they try to be at the same level using RFID system‚ and they got plans to provide the cashier free system of shopping‚ where the products will be scanned through special gate and the payment will be make via credit card. Right now‚ Wal-Mart has got better results of sales‚ and has got steady growth‚ while Albertsons now is reducing

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    The retail giant Wal-Mart is based in Bentonville‚ Arkansas and it was founded by the late Sam Walton (1918 – 1992). In the mid 60s Sam Walton was looking at technology to use IBM mainframes to store inventory data (Wallgum‚ p.1‚ 2010). “Wal-Mart Stores Inc. built an inventory and supply chain management system that changed the face of business” (Helen‚ p. 38‚ 2002). Beginning his career in the mid 40s Sam Walton knew the importance of meeting customer’s needs and this ideology remains today. According

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    differ for that of Wal-Mart? Wal-Mart ’s business model is centered around providing a widespread of products at "always low prices." Wal-Mart has chosen to have "greeters" at each of their store entrances. It is an industry practice for retailers to charge a slotting price for their items to be seen on store shelves‚ but Wal-Mart is one of a few retailers who do not. Their main focus is to sell popular products and to drop products that are no longer selling. Also‚ Wal-Mart has built their chain

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    cultures‚ ethics and business strategies and how these concepts are applied in the world of businesses. We selected Wal-Mart as our reference business organization and will be discussed in detail through the assignment parts. * The background of the Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is a global discount retailer headquartered in Bentonville‚ a small city in Arkansas‚ USA. Wal-Mart is a public corporation‚ the largest public corporation by revenue‚ one of the biggest retailers in the world‚ and

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