...Since San Walton opened his first store in 1962, Walmart has grown into a global retailer with more than 4,000 store in the United States and more than 6,000 internationally. Walmart is comprised of three business segments, Walmart US, Walmart International and Sam’s Club. Walmart Global eCommerce works across all three segments. Walmart’s mission statement “We save people money so they can live better”, is not indicative of where its strategic focus areas are, but it does sound good for the average customer who has a limited budget. This mission statement leads directly into Walmart Global eCommerce goals which include combining online, social innovations with physical stores to give consumers “anywhere, anytime shopping experience” in addition to its organizational sustainability goal of creating zero waste, using only sustainable energy and selling products that sustain the environment which is important to all of Walmart’s segments including eCommerce. Walmart’s overall objective is to deliver shareholder value by increasing earnings per share, returns and maintaining strong stable returns on investment. According to Walmart CEO, Mike Duke, Walmart’s strategic focus areas are: •Making sure the company has the best retail talent at every level of the organization by recruiting, developing and retaining the best associates; •Delivering on the productivity loop that enables Walmart to operate for less so the company can drive prices even lower for its customers ...
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...Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT-NYSE) is a worldwide retail stores, which is the largest retailer in the world, found by Sam Walton in 1962.There are three major segments: Walmart US, Walmart International, and Sams Club. These retail stores include discount stores, hypermarkets, supercenters and others. Industry Analysis The major business revenue of WMT is from supercenters and Sam’s Clubs. So we focus on the industry of supercenters and warehouse clubs in the US. 1. Define the industry----Supercenter and Warehouse club industry Supercenters are some large department stores that retail various goods and service to customers such as groceries, apparel and accessories. Supercenters and warehouse clubs are different. Warehouse clubs provide membership programs to customers, which charge the membership fees and then offer many goods in bulk with discount price. The market size of the industry is estimated as $453.8 billion, and the profit is $21.3 billion in 2016. The annual growth rate from 2011 to 2016 is 1.8%. The customers in this industry are householders. Based on the market research, 55% consumption of customers is food and beverages, 23.1% consumption of customers is food and appliances. The technology development in the industry is steady. For example, point-of-sale (POS) systems and radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology are used to improve the efficiency of operation. Revenue in 2016 | $453.8bn | Profit in 2016 | $21.3bn | Annual Growth...
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...how things are going. Today, analytics make a difference in how a company does business, day to day, and even minute by minute; more specifically how Walmart does business. As many know, Walmart is an American based multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, grocery stores and discount stores. With over eleven thousand stores and clubs in 27 countries, information technology and data analytics play a major role in Walmart’s survival and helps maintain its competitive advantage. Data Analytics Overview The business intelligence and analytic technologies and applications currently adopted in industry can be considered as BI&A 1.0, where data are mostly structured, collected by companies through various legacy systems, and often stored in commercial relational database management systems (Bottles and Begoli, 2014). The analytical techniques most commonly used in these systems, popularized in the 1990s, are mainly grounded in statistical methods developed in the 1970s and data mining techniques developed in the 1980s (Chiang, 2012). The digitalization of information has created more data and the development of cloud computing, and faster and faster computers has made the increased data more accessible and useful (Bottles and Begoli, 2014). As many may see, business intelligence and the related field of data analytics have become increasingly important in the business communities over the past two decades (Bottles and Begoli, 2014). For example...
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...Walmart: E-business Analysis Dustin Cooper Intro to Information Systems Professor Young Bao Choi August 29, 2011 An E-Business Analysis of Walmart Walmart is the world’s largest company and quite possibly the most powerful retailer. Walmart began as strictly a brick and mortar store but has advanced into click and mortar over the last five decades. Walmart may soon become a major competition for huge online only retailers like Amazon. The recent acquisitions by Walmart are sure to be placing this retailer in place for an online invasion of epic proportions. Walmart was started by Sam Walton in rural Arkansas in 1962. Sam Walton had previously owned a franchise in the Ben Franklin stores since 1944 and also opened a small chain of stores called Walton’s 5 & 10. Sam Walton was extremely industrious and had a knack for increasing sales in businesses. His ability to find ways to slash prices to the lowest bottom line is the reason for the success of Walmart. (Sam Walton, 2009) Walmart stores have been geared toward the low-income customer segment. The concept of frugality is the central tenet of the company. Even the Walmart headquarters is a drab and plain building in a small town in central Arkansas. There are no luxuries at the headquarters and it is not based in a fancy big city. During the recent downturn of the world economy when other businesses were going under, Walmart had reported sales growth of 11%, amounting to $6.4 billion. Walmart has also made some...
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...com/dcf/WMT http://www.marketconsensus.com/news/walmart-stock-good-buy-sell-or-hold-2013 Jump to navigation FacebookTwitterGoogle+ * Log In * Create a New Account * Forgot your password? ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Search form Search for Articles Search Bottom of Form MarketConsensus Smart Insights - Reviews & Analysis Main menu * Home * Market and Business News * Reviews (Banks & Online Brokers) * Personal Finance * Entrepreneurs * Contact Us * About Us Is Walmart Stock a Good Buy, Sell or Hold in 2013? Share on facebookShare on Facebook Share on twitterShare on Twitter Share on printPrint Created by Stock Analysis Desk (New York) on 6/02/2013 6:54 PM Walmart Stock Analysis - Is WMT a Good Stock to Buy, Sell or Hold? Wal-Mart (Stock: WMT) recently reported a 1.4% decline in its U.S. comparable (or comp) same-store-sales in Q1 2013. This is the first such decline in 6 quarters of Walmart reporting comp increases. Based on a recent report published by Bloomberg, it appears Wal-Mart is struggling to keep its stores stocked with items that consumers are seeking. As seen in the below chart, Walmart’s tock, WMT, has been lagging behind its main competitors, Costco (COST) and Target (TGT). Given the weakness in global economies, and cautious consumer spending in the U.S. (WMT's biggest market), investors might be wondering whether Walmart stock is a good buy, sell or hold. Does WMT...
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...ABSTRACT This report provides an in depth comparative analysis between Walmart and Amazon with respect to each company’s demographics, marketing, operations, and finance. The intent of this analysis is to determine the better stock to buy and hold over the next decade. It addresses the questions of market mispricing, the changes each entity must address to be competitive in the long run, and the importance of profitability. Jon Dages, Mei Li, and Chris Moore WALMART VS. AMAZON: The Economist Case Competition 2016 Table of Contents CUSTOMER DEMOGRAPHICS ........................................................................................................................ 2 MARKETING................................................................................................................................................... 4 OPERATIONS ................................................................................................................................................. 7 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................... 11 RECOMMENDATION ................................................................................................................................... 13 APPENDIX .................................................................................................................................................... 14 WORKS...
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...Running head: Five Year Marketing Five Year Marketing Plan Walmart Sherry Smith Baker College Table of Contents I. Title Page 1 II. Table of Contents 2-3 III. Executive Summary 4 IV. Company Description 4-5 V. Strategic Focus and Plan 5 a) Mission Statement (Current) 5 b) New or Revised Mission Statement 5 i. Vision Statement (Current) 5 ii. New or Revised Vision Statement 5-6 c) Goals 6 1) Non-financial Goals 6 2) Financial Goals 6 d) Core Competency and Sustainable Competitive Advantage 6 VI. Situation Analysis 7 a) SWOT Analysis 7 b) Industry Analysis 7-8 c) Competitors 8 d) Company Analysis 8-9 e) Customer Analysis 9 VII. Market Product Focus 9 a) Marketing and Product Objectives 10-11 b) Target Markets 11 c) Points of Difference 11 d) Positioning 11-12 VIII. Marketing Program 12 a) Product Strategy 12 i. Product Line 12 ii. Unique Product Quality 12-13 iii. Packaging 13 b) Price Strategy 13 c) Promotion Strategy 13-14 d) Place (Distribution) Strategy 14 IX. Financial Data and Projections 14 a) Past Sales Revenues...
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...Organizational Structure of Walmart Doshiemae Johnson MGT/230 Patricia Ford February 1, 2016 Introduction Walmart’s humble beginnings started in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962 by Sam Walton. Today, Walmart has evolved into a multibillion dollar company earning 486 billion dollars (Wikipedia.com (Entreprenuer, 2016) (Entreprenuer, 2016), 2015). Walmart is currently located in over fifteen countries and have over eleven thousand six hundred twenty stores (wikepedia.com). Their slogan is “Save Money, Live Better.” Walmart’s success could not have happened without strategic planning of the company’s business processes. These factors decide which organizational structure would be appropriate for the company to use. This paper will discuss the organizational structure of Walmart and their corporate processes that include marketing, human resources, products, and geographical locations. Organizational Structure Walmart’s organizational structure is divisional. Under this type of structure, each division has its own executive, which is the vice president. The vice president is responsible for their own budgets, advertising, and hiring (Bateman, 2011). Each division is given enough resources and autonomy to function alone. Unlike other organizational structures such as functional where divisions are departmentalized based on common job functions and matrix where both employees and managers from different company departments work together to achieve goals and solve problems (Bateman...
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...Week Four - Business Analysis Part I Before we conduct a SWOT analysis on Walmart, I want to give a brief history of the company. Walmart was founded in 1962 in Bentonville, Arkansas. Sam Walton’s vision was to achieve high volume of sales by maintaining sales price lower than competitors, which meant he had to reduce his profit margins. This multinational organization has been an example of growth, stability, profitability, and leadership in the retail business. The company is the second largest public corporation in America on the list of Fortune 500 in 2012 with 446,950 million dollars in revenue and $15,669 million dollars in profit (CNN Money, 2012). SWOT Analysis Strengths * The biggest private employer in the world (CNN Money, 2012). * Low price leader in the market since the beginning. * Second America’s largest corporation in 2012 (CNN Money, 2012). * One stop shop. Wide range of products under one roof. * Worldwide presence with more than 10,000 stores in 27 countries (Duke, 2012). * Leverage in the marketplace because of high purchasing volume. Weaknesses * Criticized of low paying jobs to its employees. * Limited grow opportunities to its employees. * Deficiency in the upscale market. * Adverse effects on small business in local community * Suppliers have to cut margins to sell their merchandise. * Monopolistic business. Opportunities * Pursue new international markets, especially in Asia and...
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...Global Presence Walmart, which is considered the largest international discount retail chain, was founded by a man named Sam Walton. He first opened a store by the name of “Walton’s 5 & 10” in 1950. When the store became successful he wanted to go bigger which prompted him to open the first Walmart in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. Walton wanted to have a store which offered low prices and still quality products. A lot of people doubted him and didn’t think he’d be too successful. They thought his low prices wouldn’t gain him enough profit to stay afloat. By 1967, only 5 years after opening the first Wal-mart, Walton owned 24 stores. The company went public in 1970 and by 1988 it was the most profitable retailer in the US. In March of 1992 Walton was awarded with the Presidential Medal of freedom by President George H. W. Bush. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States and it recognizes “exceptional meritorious service.” (infoplease.com) Not even a full month afterwards, Walton passed away on April 5, 1992 of cancer. His oldest son then took over as chairman of the the corporate board of directors. In 2000 Wal-mart.com was founded for US Customers to be able to buy products online. Wal-mart now operates stores in all 50 US States and Puerto Rico. Walmart now has Supercenters, discount stores and neighborhood markets which all vary in size. When finding out so much information about Sam Walton and the history of Walmart I came across some...
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...Johnson & Wales University Providence, Rhode Island College of Management Marketing Final Project Walmart MTKG 5500 Spring Term 2015 Professor Kim By: Andreas Ulrich, Chia-Yi Lin, Lauren Hahn and, Min Zhang May 13th, 2015 Abstract This document discusses how Walmart is one of the largest retailers in the world with how the mass production utilizes its resources to be cost effective in its selling price of all their products which makes the brand very well known in this aspect. Walmart has evolved since it first began the company and has changed their marketing strategy to better suit their customers’ interests and demographics. The company has become well known internationally for the brand image Walmart created for them and sets them aside from their competitors. Their excellent marketing strategy stems from the four P’s of price, product, distribution (place), and promotion. The pricing is low, but efficient from the cost control of the resources they obtain. The products walmart issue to the product range varies according to the needs of customers. The distribution is industrialized internationally and continues to expand. Walmart uses the differentiated strategy to target their customers. The organization utilizes product diversity, low- price strategy, e-commerce, long-term growth strategy, and technology innovation for future business. However, there are suggestions that were made for better expansion were product development, different approach...
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...| How Walmart became a Super Power | E-Business EBUS308 | | By Dorine | 10/20/2014 | Table of Contents Business Model 2 Description of Stakeholders 4 Supply Chain Management 5 Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) 6 Supply Chain Flow 6 Customer Relationship Management (CRM) 7 Customer Satisfaction 7 How Customer Satisfaction is Measured 7 E-Commerce Business Plan Template 8 Mobile Applications 8 Market Analysis Summary 9 Key Competitors 9 Walmart vs Amazon 10 Walmart vs WinCo 10 Data and Information Management Plan 11 Information Collected 11 How Information Collected Is Used 12 Policies to Protect Information 13 References 14 In today’s world shoppers like to have a one stop shop where they can go to get everything they need at a low price. Wal-Mart has provided that type of store for customer to be able to shop for groceries, clothes, house hold items, furniture, toys, pharmacy, and electronics. They are good at giving the customers what they want, they were the number one business of the Fortune 500 list for 2014 the second year in a row (Fortune 500 2014, 2014). Wal-Mart opened their first store in July 1962 in Roger, Arkansas. In 1991 Wal-Mart went international by opening up Sam’s Club in Mexico City. “Today, Walmart operates over 11,000 retail units under 71 banners in 27 countries (Our Story, 2014).” Walmart employs 1.3 million in the United States and 2.2 million associates around the world. Walmart’s mission statement...
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...effectiveness. Researchers have found a definite connection between profits and environmental scanning. Internal and External Environments Because a company has little to no control over external issues, it is important to monitor continuously for changes so that corrections can be made promptly. PEST is an acronym for political, economic, social, technological problems that may affect an external environment, and companies use this tool for external environmental scanning. The political factor looks at how legal issues and government regulations impact a company’s ability to gain profits and success. Walmart and Dollar General both will have to contend with tax guidelines, trade regulations, employment laws, environmental and social policies, and safety regulations. Both companies should consider federal and local power structures, and strategize for how a shift in power could impact their business. The economic factor scans outside economic issues that influence the business’s success. Topics to consider are inflation, interest rates, economic growth, unemployment policies, and economic stability, unanticipated shifts in resource costs, and commodity, and credit availability. The social issue can analyze the cultural and demographic aspects of the companies...
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...payout has Sabrina Gupta, a stock analyst, reevaluating the actual value of Wal-Mart stock as a recommendation to new or existing clients. Wal-Mart was built to save people money and make their lives better. Its business model has made Wal-Mart dominant. It beats out its competitors by offering a variety of products for competitive prices. It consistently plans expansion into metropolitan and international areas. Wal-Mart focuses on cutting their expenses at a rate that exceeds revenue growth so income will grow faster than revenue. The returns are distributed to the company’s investors. Wal-Mart has paid out dividends since its first stock offering in 1974, payouts ranged from 5.6% in 1974 to 29.3% in 2010. Over the last eight years, the payout percentage increased 12.5%. Analysis In the previous four years, the Wal-Mart stock continued to grow and fare well in the market. Since 1974, Wal-Mart’s annual earnings gained an average of 25% yearly, although growth has slowed to between 5.8% and 16.4% in recent years indicating a mature company. Based on this continued growth and Wal-Mart’s continued reinvestment strategy, Ms. Gupta should pitch this stock to all her customers – long-term, short-term, dividend investors. Using the NASDAQ Dozen method, analysis conducted, with information available to Ms. Gupta, of the Wal-Mart stock in 2010 shows that the stock was a good...
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...ACC 519 Case Note Target vs. WalMart Purpose: The purpose of this case is to illustrate a comprehensive financial statement analysis which applies the concepts of strategy analysis, ratio analysis and valuation in the context of two competing businesses. This case will demonstrate how corporate strategy is reflected in financial statements and ratios, and will require you to compare performance over time and against a competitor. In addition, this case will help you to see how different operating and financing strategies will affect ratios. Your primary sources of information in this case should be the most recent 10-K’s issued by the two companies (TGT, filed 3.15.2012; WMT, filed 3.27.12). Case Questions: 1. What is the generic strategy for each of the two companies? 2. What is each company’s source of competitive advantage, and what will be important to maintaining that advantage? 3. How do their business models differ? For purposes of this question you should consider the following: a. Composition of the business from a segment perspective b. Composition of sales - % of sales in various categories c. Financing of the assets used in the business 4. From an accounting analysis perspective, are there any major differences between the two companies? 5. Calculate the following ratios for both companies for the years ended January 2012 and 2011 (Please note that the two companies refer to their fiscal years in different ways): d. ROE...
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