Industry Case Write-Up

Close examination of Wal-Mart

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Retail Industry - Retailing consists of sale of

goods/items/merchandise from fixed locations

Includes many sorts of formats, different in size and shape Discount Warehouse Department Convenience Catalog

Figures - Top 100 U.S. Retailers Account for $1.74

Trillion in Sales (2008)

Wal-Mart - $379 billion (2007)

Nearly five times that of second-place Home Depot

Follow by CVS, Kroger

Others – Costco, Target, Sears, Kmart

Porter’s Model -

Industry Value Chain -

History of Wal-Mart - First store was founded by Sam Walton in

Rogers, Arkansas in 1962

First distribution center and home office 1970

Incorporated in October, 1969 and listed in NYSE in 1972

Owns and operates Sam’s Club

International market

More Wal-Mart Figures - Market cap – $202 Billion (2008)

Revenue - $404.16 Billion (2009)

Operating income - $30.07 Billion (2009)

Net income - $13.59 Billion (2009)

Total assets - $163.514 Billion (2007)

Total equity - $64.608 Billion (2007)

Total employees – 2,100,000 (2008)

Wal-Mart and IT/ITS - Wal-Mart POS System

Electronic compunctions and linkage

Bar Code and UPC

RFID

UCCnet

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