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Wal-Mart Database

queried in a number of ways in order to provide information for different purposes. The system is into links with Wal-Mart own dat...

PetSmart Finance

(2007) report that Americans spend $41 billion a year on their pets, a figure expected to increase to $52 billion in two years. M...

Porter's Applicability to Retail's Information Technology

of operation of the organization. Thus it "is in these activities that a firm has the opportunity to generate superior valu...

WAL-MART, GLOBALIZATION AND IMPACT ON MANAGEMENT'S FOUR FACTORS

it into management concepts today, to determine values on the true market value/cost of an item, as well as risk associated with t...

Are Large US Firms Ready to Convert to IFRS?

many major firms is the way that the changes will impact on their accounting policies and potential impact on the way that the res...

Is Investing In The Stock Market A Good Idea When There Are Turbulent Conditions?

be better alterative investments for short term returns. Figure 1 S&P 500 1 Year performance (Yahoo Finance, 2009) There are st...

On the Cutting Edge of Logistics

shipping and it was called a "colossal" change (DSC, 2007). As the author of this article said, this remix of vendor shipping prog...

WAL-MART, FUNCTIONAL AREAS AND DISTRIBUTION

being paid to employees (which is why prices are so low), its actually Wal-Marts tightly controlled supply chain that saves money....

Predatory Pricing

companys marginal cost (ICT Regulation Toolkit, 2009). But, the short term marginal cost is very hard to measure. Because of this ...

WALMART STORES - THE NEW CHANEL?

U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007 - and its going to be a long while before it goes away....

Wal-Mart Problems and Challenges

solution. Financial In financial terms the company appears to be strong, they have increasing revenues, even during a recession...

Spend Less, Live Better - Marketing at Wal-Mart

in small and large ways that can enrich life, from showing a family going on holiday with the money saved to a woman buying ice cr...

Influences on Planning at Wal-Mart

of the world which would otherwise not be available, but with increased pressure from environmental factors this may also change i...

Should Wal-Mart Extend Insurance Benefits To Same-Sex Partnerships; An Ethical Discussion

a to increase the level of healthcare that can be received and benefit both partners you may have been going without insurance, or...

McDonalds SWOT and Strategy

model adopted by McDonalds may also be seen as a strength, 70% of all the restaurants are operated under a franchise, this means ...

ANALYZING THE RETAIL ENVIRONMENT: WAL-MART

formats including supercenters, discount stores and neighborhood food markets (Datamonitor, 2008). At last count, the company had ...

Innovation In Three Companies

anticipate consumer trends (Millerwood Communications, 2007). The social system at Wal-Mart is an example of the type of communic...

The Inventory Management DBMS at Wal-Mart

trends. One firm that has used technology and databases for a long period of time is Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart utilise a number of datab...

Casual Analysis: Opposing the Idea that Wal-Mart Should Build Only in Places Where There Are Few Smaller Stores

retailers (Home Depot, Bed, Bath and Beyond) with them (Is Wal-Mart good for America?, 2004). They dislike these stores in their c...

Wal-Mart in 2007

healthcare spending" (Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2008; p. 5). * "Increasing store network" (Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2008; p. 5). Threat...

STRATEGIC ISSUE COMPARISON: WAL-MART, COSTCO & TARGET

above, are being threatened by the sub-prime fall out (Datamonitor (c), 2008). Costco is in a somewhat different boat, be...

WAL-MART, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

years, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 underlined the fact that back-ups and recovery processes were necessary to prot...

WAL-MART, CULTURAL NORMS AND TRANSNATIONALISM

whats going on at its headquarters and what is happening within its stores (especially in the United States). Author Ben J...

Transferable Lessons for Retailers Interested in the Asian Markets

into the market, despite the poor factors which were present and the potential profits which were available. The slow expansion in...

Suggestions for Wal-Mart

through to more human relations school processes, metrics that may be used to measure this may include scores in employee satisfac...

Managing Information at a Large Corporation

they are available to consumers at the right time (W. P. Carey School of Business, 2006). This is no easy accomplishment. Wal-Ma...

Recommendation for Wal-Mart IT Systems Development

have a potential opportunity if they were able to further the way that the existing enterprise systems were utilised or to assess ...

Wal-Mart Design

as the emergence of globalization. Simons (2005, p. 17) said that the organizational design must insure accountability. Because of...

Potential Measures for a Balanced Scorecard at Wal-Mart

motivated employees are likely to be more productive than those which are not motivated, as such this may also reflect human resou...

Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)

Security; Governance Rule of Law & Human Rights; Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Education; Health; Agriculture & Rural Develo...