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<p align="justify">Founded by Sam Walton, Wal-Mart is a chain of large discount department stores and a chain of warehouse stores.&#160; Wal-Mart&#8217;s winning strategy in the U.S. was based on selling branded products at low cost. Wal-Mart serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week at more than 8,650 retail units. The company employees more than 2 million associates worldwide. The SWOT analysis of Wal-Mart is given below.</p>
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<h3>Strengths </h3>
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<div align="justify">Wal-Mart has strong financial position. According to the Forbes, Wal-Mart is the world&#8217;s biggest public corporation by sales in 2010.</div>
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<div align="justify">Wal-Mart is the biggest majority private employer and the biggest grocery retailer in the US. In 2009, Wal-Mart generated 51% of revenue from grocery business in the US. </div>
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<div align="justify">Wal-Mart has 8500 stores in 15 countries, with 55 different names. The corporation functions beneath its own name in the US, including the 50 states.&#160;&#160;&#160; </div>
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<div align="justify">Wal-Mart has highly successful operations in the South America, UK, and China. </div>
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<div align="justify">They are providing wide range of services and products under one roof with guaranteed satisfaction.</div>
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<div align="justify">Wal-Mart is the number one retail-variety hoard in the world.</div>
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<div align="justify">Wal-Mart had some unsuccessful ventures in few countries; it was forced to pull out of the South Korea and Germany.&#160; </div>
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<div align="justify">Wal-Mart does not have formal mission statement; the mission statement does not clearly states the type of business Wal-Mart is in. </div>
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<div align="justify">There are various criticisms about the issues with the company&#8217;s labor relations.</div>
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<div align="justify">Wal-Mart does not have any unions; this gives a perception that the organization is&#160; treating its employees poorly.</div>
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<div align="justify"> Wal-Mart&#8217;s top management is dominated by few females and minority employed.</div>
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<div align="justify">They do not have any research and development facility to open any store.</div>
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<div align="justify">Earnings per share, average collection period, and fixed turnover ratios are not good.</div>
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<div align="justify">Wal-Mart has the slowing speed of the depart lines due to frequent number of consumer. This may result in the switch of consumers to other stores. </div>
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