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    Case Study „Wal-Mart StoresInc.“ MLA1 International Business and Management Introduction Wal-Mart is one of the world’s largest companies and is operating in discount retailing. Its first stores were opened in 1962 in small towns because Wal-Mart’s founder Sam Walton who died in 1992 had the idea that these towns were large enough to support one discount retailer‚ but not two. The main reason for Wal-Mart’s leading position in the market has always been based on its ability to offer products

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    DATA ANALYSIS OF WAL-MART STORESINC COMPANY BACKGROUND Wal-Mart initially began its operations in 1945‚ when Sam Walton leased a ‘Ben Franklin’ franchise variety store in Newport‚ Arkansas. After relocating to Rogers‚ Arkansas in the early 1950s‚ Sam Walton’s ‘Ben Franklin’ became ‘Walton’s 5 & 10’. By 1962‚ Walton found himself the chain owner of 11 different Walton’s stores across Arkansas. He then decided to rename the chain ‘Wal-Mart’‚ after himself. On October 31‚ 1969‚ after further

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Wal*mart StoresInc 1. Sources of Wal*Mart’s competitive advantages in discount retailing

After a detailed analysis of Wal*Mart’s main departments it is obvious that they have many competitive advantages in comparison with their business rivals. 

Wal*Mart has developed to a leading and fast growing company with a huge market value of $ 57.5 billion. Their average 20 year return on equity is 33% and their compound average sales growth amounts to 35%. Sales per foot² is nearly $ 300

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    Revenue Profit Employees Main Competitors Wal-Mart StoresInc. Retail (Discount department stores and warehouse stores) Worldwide (10‚942 stores in 27 countries) [1] Bentonville‚ Arkansas‚ U.S. C. Douglas McMillon $485.651 billion (2015) 2% increase over $476.294 $16.182 billion (2015) 1.7% increase over $15.918 billion (2014) . 2.2 million (2014) Costco Wholesale Corporation‚ Dollar General Corporation‚ Dollar Tree‚ Inc.‚ Kohl’s Corporation‚ Macy’s Inc‚ Sears Holdings Corporation‚ Target Corporation

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    Comparing the financial performance between Wal-Mart and Amazon by the metrics : Return on Equity Ratio(ROE): This ratio demonstrates how efficiently the business is utilizing and deploying the equity‚ either invested in the business or generated by the business‚ to generate profits. ROE= Net income/ avg shahloder equity ROE in Wal-Mart stores is: 2.726840403 A ration of 272.6% would show the business is earning $2.73 in pretax or operating profit for each $1of equity employed in the business

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    Wal-Mart StoresInc. Company Profile Publication Date: 18 Jun 2010 www.datamonitor.com Europe‚ Middle East & Africa 119 Farringdon Road London EC1R 3DA United Kingdom t: +44 20 7551 9000 f: +44 20 7551 9090 e: euroinfo@datamonitor.com Americas 245 5th Avenue 4th Floor New York‚ NY 10016 USA t: +1 212 686 7400 f: +1 212 686 2626 e: usinfo@datamonitor.com Asia Pacific Level 46 2 Park Street Sydney‚ NSW 2000 Australia t: +61 2 8705 6900 f: +61 2 8088 7405 e: apinfo@datamonitor.com Wal-Mart

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    Evaluating the Financial Health of Wal-Mart StoresInc. Wal-Mart StoresInc. is a discount variety business that began small and has grown into a worldwide multibillion dollar industry within the forty eight years of operation. Providing a brief history‚ analyzing the financial statements‚ performing an industrial comparison and trend analysis‚ this paper will evaluate the financial health of this corporation. (Walmart Corporate‚ 2010). History Wal-Mart was established in 1962 by Sam Walton

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    Wal-Mart StoresInc. 1) Please describe the sources of Wal-Mart’s Competitive Advantage in discount retailing! The global player Wal-Mart operates in 14 different markets all around the world‚ serving 176 million customers every week. Today‚ the second biggest company of the world‚ concerning turnover which amounts to 312‚427 million US-$‚ categorizes its operational facilities into five divisions. Among those divisions are the Wal-Mart discount stores‚ offering convenience and low-priced

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    Vs. Wal-Mart StoresInc 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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    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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