2. Group 4
The famous company
Wal-Mart

3. The founder Sam Walton(1918~1992)
He regarded as the greatest enterpriser in 20th century.

4. A part of history of Wal-Mart
In 1962:Sam Walton set up the first Wal-Mart fair-price shop.
In 1972:The share of Wal-Mart was listed in New York and its
value turned over 4900 times during the 25 years.
In 1979: Wal-Mart sales totally exceeded $1 billion for the
first time.
In 1990: Wal-Mart became the biggest trades company in
America.
In 1991: Wal-Mart opened the first overseas store in Mexico.
In 1994:Wal-Mart purchased 122 woolco stores in Canada.

5. A part of history of Wal-Mart
In 1996:Wal-Mart opened the first Chinese
store in Shenzhen.
Now in China ,there are 215 Wal-
Mart stores.
In 1997: Wal-Mart saleroom first
breakthough more than
thousand billion dollars.
In 1999:Wal-Mart became the largest
private employer.

6. The rank of Wal-Mart from top 500
2000:
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2010:
2011:
Rank No.1: 8 times

7. Business Categories 1.
Spupercenter

8. Businss Categories Supercenter Connect: fresh food(活鲜）
foodstuff（食品）
traditional general merchandise（传统百货业）
Supercenter
First：in Washington in 1988
Amount：over 5000

9. Business Categories 2.
Sam’s Club

10. Business Categories Sam’s Club Range:Serve for members of Sam’s Club
First: in 1983 in America
Amount: over 500

11. 3.
Online Sam’s Store

12. Online Sam’s Store Website: www.samclub.cn First: in 2010 in Shenzhen
Advantage: offter 24 hours shopping

13. The reasons of success 1. 3. 2. 5. 4. Own brands
Logistics and supply chain
Human resources policy 5.
Daily low price strategy 4.
Brilliant Sam Walton

14. No.1 No.2 No.3 Covering food and non-food
Covering Housewear & Furnishings
No.2
Covering clothing products
No.3

15. Human resources policies
Honesty is a special vocabulary
Pay attention to security and health
Require work experience
Provide the professional training
Quality of honesty, professional skills

16. More than 7000 Wal-Mart stores
all over the world.