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ON
WAL-MART RETAILCHAIN
PRESENTED BY
ASHISH GUPTA
M.B.A- SEC-A
G.L.A.I.T.M (Mathura)
Wal-Mart Basics
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• TYPE - Discount department store/Public
• Founded- Rogers, Arkansas, USA (1962)
• Headquarters- Bentonville, Arkansas, USA
Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK, (ASDA)
• Key people- Sam Walton (1918–1992), Founder
John Menzer, CEO
S. Robson Walton, Chairman
Tom Schowe, CFO Industry Retail
• Products - Discount Stores, Supercenters
Neighborhood Markets
• Revenue US$ - 351.1 billion (2007)
• Net income US$ - 11.3 billion (2007)
• Total assets US$- 151.193 billion (2007)
• Total equity US$ - 61.573 billion (2007)
• Employees - 1.9 million (2007)
• Slogan - Save Money, Live Better. (U.S.)
WE SELL FOR LESS every day! (Canada)
• Website - http://www.walmart.com/
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is an American public corporation that
runs a chain of large, discount department stores.
• Wal-Mart was named to the Diversity Inc Top 50 Companies For Diversity
list for 2007.
• Wal-Mart Supercenters today number more than 2,300 nationwide and most
are open 24 hours a day for the ultimate in convenience.
• Supercenters also are home to many specialty shops such as vision centers,
Tire & Lube Expresses, Radio Grill, McDonald’s or Subway restaurants,
portrait studios and one-hour photo centers, hair salons, banks, and
employment agencies.
• First opened in 1998, the now more than 120 Neighborhood Markets,
averaging 42,000 square feet, feature a wide variety of products,
including - fresh produce, deli foods, fresh meat and dairy items,
health and beauty aids, one-hour photo and traditional photo
developing services, drive-through pharmacies, stationery and paper
goods, pet supplies, and household chemicals.
Convenience Stores
Mom and
Pop/Kiranas
Weekly Markets
Village Fairs
Melas