Walmart over the years has gone on be the most successful retail companies in the world.

Exhibit 1 is a testimony of its sales growth. The markets had gotten used to the phenomenal

YoY rise and were expecting the same for 1994. But now, things has changed, Walmart was

no longer the small animal it was and it faced the issue of revenue growth coming down

below 10% for the first time in 10 yrs. The management at Walmart faced the challenge of

sustaining the companys phenomenal performance. Shareholders expected growth and that

too a similar growth that they had seen in the past