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    K-Mart Vs Walmart

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    Like most people in America‚ I am sure you have heard of Wal-Mart and K-Mart. I am sure that you have a preference as well in terms of which store you shop at and why‚ but what is it that makes one more successful than the other? From budgeting and staffing to supply chain management‚ there is a lot of strategic planning that goes into making a business successful. Without the proper balance of costs and revenues a company cannot gain an advantage over their competitors or might not even be able

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    Walmart

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    Walmart From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. (NYSE: WMT (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=wmt) )‚ branded as Walmart‚ is an American multinational retail corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world’s third largest public corporation‚ according to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2012‚ the biggest private employer in the world with over two million employees‚ and is the largest retailer

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    Walmart Stores vs Whole Foods Markets Working Capital; Walmart; Working capital = Total current assets-Total current liabilities Increase in total current assets in the year 2014 is (61985-59940) =USD 1245 Decrease in total current liabilities in the year 2014 is (69345-71818) =USD-2473 Therefore; working capital is 1245--2473=USD 3718 Whole Foods; Decrease in total current assets in the year 2013 is (2103000-1980000) =USD123000 Increase in current liabilities in the year 2013 is (1088000-977000)

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    Abstract Kmart a long standing discount retailer and Sears have merged to make up Sears Holdings Corporation. As the two struggling retailers combine forces‚ it will allow for both companies‚ now working as one to reemerge bigger and better than ever. Now they are in the process of restructuring their management structure‚ to hopefully be able to locate where their areas of weakness are. K-mart‚ one of the leaders in department stores‚ has been around for over 100 years. Although the company

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    9-704-027 REV: J U L Y 2 0 ‚ 2 0 0 4 G U N N A R TRUMBULL LOUISA GAY Wal-Mart in Europe "Never resist change.. . We have to be able to place a store or club side-by-side with the competition and beat them every time. " -David Glass‚ Director and Chairman of the Board‚ Wal-Mart1 "In Germany‚ we know how retail is spelled." - Holger Wenzel‚ Director‚ German Retail Federation Introduction "What are the 10 worst things we can do to fail?"2 This was how Lee Scott‚ CEO of Wal-Mart

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    The Plan to Resscue Sears

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    Plan to Rescue Sears BACKGROUND Edward Lampert purchased Kmart in 2003 and Sears‚ Roebuck& Company in 2004 when they were almost bankrupt. Sears holdings have been operating both Sears and Kmart stores since 2004. According to factSet‚ sears holdings had cash and short-term investments of about 2.09 billion dollars since its creation until January 2011. In mid-January 2011‚ a report by national retail federation stated that the sales of Kmart dropped by 4.4%‚ and this placed Sear Holding at a state

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    Walmart One stop shop and low prices for all‚ Walmarts expanding company is a great system that has developed through-out the world. But is this completely true? Values and oppotunies of other "mom and pop shops" have lowered due to Walmarts sucess. There are pros and cons on walmart that i personally agree with both ways. Walmart can be very efficient but its efficiency takes jobs away from people as fast as it supplies people with jobs. July 2‚ 1962 in Rogers Arkansas‚ Sam Walton opend up what

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    Social Responsible Investment Why Norwegian Pension Fund divest Walmart The Norwegian Pension Fund divested its $416 million stock of Walmart‚ which is the largest supermarket chain in the world. The reason of divesting is that Walmart bear “unacceptable risk of contributing to serious or systematic human rights violations”. Is this move reasonable for the fund? Given that Walmart had a good return on investment and already emphasis the ethical responsibilities to its suppliers. Norwegian Pension

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                    TITLE 1             EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2             TABLE OF CONTENTS 3             LIST OF TABLES & DIAGRAMS 4     LIST OF APPENDICES 4             INTRODUCTION 5             THE WALMART EMPIRE 6             INTERNAL ANALYSIS 7             MARKETING

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    3 Basic Beliefs and Integrity Walmart was founded on three basic beliefs: service to our customers‚ respect for the individual and striving for excellence. Our adherence to these principles has created a unique work culture at Walmart. No matter where you go — to any of our stores and offices in any of our brands around the world — our associates live these values. * Service to our customers * Respect for the individual * Striving for excellence   A Foundation of Integrity Our basic

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