1. Industry Case Write-Up Close examination of Wal-Mart Yanlong Li BUS 240 - 001

2. Retail Industry -  Retailing consists of sale of goods/items/merchandise from fixed locations  Includes many sorts of formats, different in size and shape  Discount  Warehouse  Department  Convenience  Catalog

3. Figures -  Top 100 U.S. Retailers Account for $1.74 Trillion in Sales (2008)  Wal-Mart - $379 billion (2007)  Nearly five times that of second-place Home Depot  Follow by CVS, Kroger  Others – Costco, Target, Sears, Kmart

4. Porter’s Model -

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6. History of Wal-Mart -  First store was founded by Sam Walton in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962  First distribution center and home office 1970  Incorporated in October, 1969 and listed in NYSE in 1972  Owns and operates Sam’s Club  International market

7. More Wal-Mart Figures -  Market cap – $202 Billion (2008)  Revenue - $404.16 Billion (2009)  Operating income - $30.07 Billion (2009)  Net income - $13.59 Billion (2009)  Total assets - $163.514 Billion (2007)  Total equity - $64.608 Billion (2007)  Total employees – 2,100,000 (2008)

8. Wal-Mart and IT/ITS -  Wal-Mart POS System  Electronic compunctions and linkage  Bar Code and UPC  RFID  UCCnet

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