Part 1 1.) provide an overview as follows; type of retailer‚ headquarters location‚ annual volume‚ sales growth trend‚ number of store locations‚ target market‚ geographic markets served‚ products/services offered and channels of distribution provided. Note: this will require use of one of the library data bases‚ such as Hoovers or Data Monitor. Wal-Mart (Wal-Mart) founded in Arkansas in 1962 by American retail legend Mr. Sam Walton and the head quarter is also located in Bentonville‚ Arkansas
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retail giant Walmart. He was born in 1918 in Kingfisher‚ Oklahoma. • When his military service ended in 1945‚ Sam moved to Iowa and then to Newport‚ Arkansas. During this Ime‚ Sam gained early retail experience‚ eventually operaIng his own variety store. • Sam Walton built Walmart on the revoluIonary
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The Importance of Reputation‚ Othello Everyone is responsible for their own reputation. Many people do believe that a reputation can make the best of you‚ while others would strongly disagree. In Shakespeare’s novel‚ Othello‚ the main antagonist‚ Iago‚ frequently express that his reputation is important to him. However‚ he represents just some of the many characters who care a great deed about their reputation. Other characters like Desdemona and Othello also demonstrate a high regard for
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« Every inhabited place on earth has a reputation » Anholt‚ 2011‚ p.7 A reputation according to the dictionary is “the estimation in which a person or thing is held‚ especially by the community or the general public”. A country communicates with the rest of the world and creates its reputation through what Anholt (2011‚ p.25) calls the six natural channels. He enumerates the different types of public relations as following: tourism promotion‚ export brands‚ policy decisions of the country’s government
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By using the Advanced IT system Walmart has shown a continuous achievement and with a system that allows all the managers to post their point of view for the betterment of the company. Walmart itself has discovered two largest retailers one in Mexico and other one in Canada in 2004 and 2008. Walmart expanding their business successfully all over the world. With the use of information system and by integrating themselves with the Japanese retail companies Walmart showed 94% of inventory accuracy
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Reputation management is the practice of monitoring the reputation of an individual or brand‚ addressing contents which are damaging to it‚ and using customer feedback solutions to get feedback or early warning signals to reputation problems.[7] Most of reputation management is focused on pushing down negative search results.[8] Reputation management may attempt to bridge the gap between how a company perceives itself and how others view it.[9] Some examples of websites where a company may conduct
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Shakespeare’s Othello is a play about reputation. The role of reputation is a major one as throughout the play we see the importance of how one is perceived. For some‚ to act in a certain way with self control ultimately leads them to strengthen their character and image. But for others it can be lost in a single action. The characters within the play struggle to keep their reputation for various reasons such as retribution or to keep a good name for themselves. Reputation can impair judgement in both ways
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In Arthur Miller’s famous play The Crucible‚ lies and accusations of witchcraft drive the village of Salem to uncover what each character values the most‚ that is reputation. Almost everyone in the play cares about their reputation. weather its with the village or with the lord. Reputation is on of the themes presented in the play. Abigail Williams‚ accused of being seen dancing with the devil‚ confesses her friends names to the court in order to save herself from being deemed a witch. She
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Evaluating CSR of Walmart Walmart founded by Sam Walton in 1962 is a multinational retail corporation‚ with the opening of the first Walmart discount store in Rogers‚ Arkansas (US). As the nation’s largest retailer and second largest corporation‚ Walmart has the significant influences on the retail world. It offers to its customers a one-stop shopping experience because it has a full offering of groceries and general merchandise in a single store. Now Walmart consists of over 110‚000 stores and
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Recently several events in the world have damaged countries ’ reputation. The riots in England‚ or also the « Arabic revolutions »‚ have had commons consequences‚ in damaging the reputation of these countries and creating instability on the public opinion. The concept of reputation is more commonly associated with company and Dalton and Croft (2003) define it such as “the sum values that stakeholders attribute to a company‚ based on their perception and interpretation of the image that the company
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