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    Sam Walton founded Walmart in 1962 with a focus on personal and moral integrity. Walmart has grown to be the world's largest public corporation by revenue, operating over 11,000 stores worldwide and employing over 2 million people. As the largest private employer and grocery retailer in the US, Walmart remains the largest toy seller in the country.

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    “Personal and moral integrity is one of our

    basic fundamentals
    and it has to start with each of us.”

    -Sam Walton

    Walmart
    Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    founded by Sam Walton in
    1962
    $The world’s largest public corporation by
    revenue
    $ The largest private employer in the

    world
    $ The largest grocery retailer in the

    USA
    $ The largest toy seller in USA

    $ Each year 93% of the


    American households do
    shopping in some Wal-Mart
    store at least once
    $ In 2011 around 7,2 billions of

    people will enter some of the Wal-


    Mart stores
    Introduction
    v Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (formerly branded as Wal-Mart, branded as
    Walmart since
    2008)
    v An American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount

    department stores
    and a chain of warehouse stores
    v The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962, incorporated as

    Wal-Mart
    Stores, Inc. on October 31,1969, and publicly traded on the New
    York Stock
    Exchange in 1972.
    v In 2010 it was the world's largest public corporation by revenue,

    according to the
    Forbes Global 2000
    v Rank 1st in Fortune 500 Companies with $ 408,214.0 million

    revenue and $ 14,335.0


    million profit
    History, Incorporation and Growth

    v On July 2, 1962, Walton opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City


    store located at
    719 Walnut Ave. in Rogers, Arkansas
    v Within five years, the company expanded to 24 stores across

    Arkansas and reached


    $12.6 million in sales
    v In 1968, it opened its first stores outside Arkansas, in Sikeston,

    Missouri and
    Claremore, Oklahoma
    v It operates with approx. 2,100,000 employees.

    v First stock split occurred in May 1971 at a market price of $47


    The 3 Basic Beliefs

    vRespect for the Individual


    vService to the Customer

    vStriving for Excellence


    Operating divisions

    Wal-Mart Stores U.S.


    v

    ● Walmart Discount Stores

    ● Walmart Supercenter

    ● Neighborhood Market by Walmart

    ● Supermercado de Wal-Mart

    ● Marketside

    v Sam's Club

    v Wal-Mart International

    v Wal-Mart Canada Bank

    v Private label brands

    v Entertainment
    Walmart In INDIA
    v Bharti Enterprises and Wal-Mart join hands in Wholesale Cash-and-
    Carry to Serve
    Small Retailers, Manufacturers and Farmers.
    v On August 6, 2007 under Government of India guidelines they

    announced that they


    have signed an agreement to establish Bharti Wal-Mart Private
    Limited.
    v On 27 November 2006, They entered into a joint venture with equal

    partnership for
    both companies.
    v Bharti Walmart is a B2B joint venture & operates Cash & Carry

    stores under the


    Best Price Modern.
    v The partnership gave Wal-Mart access to the highly regulated Indian

    retail market,
    which was valued at $320 billion.
    Major Competitors
    Target Corporation(TGT)
    merican retailing company
    econd largest discount retailer in the United States
    anked at number 30 on the Fortune 500
    Number of locations 1,743 (as of August 2010)
    evenues ($ millions) 65,357.0 Profits ($ millions) 2,488.0

    Kmart
    v

    A chain of discount department stores in the United States


    Third largest discount store chain in the world
    1,327 Kmart stores across 49 states,
    By: Shivendra Mohta
    [email protected]
    UIMS, Jaipur

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