1 / 9

Industry Case Write-Up

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

tea
Télécharger la présentation

Industry Case Write-Up

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  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 -

  5. Industry Value Chain -

  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

  9. Thank You Thank You for Your Time!

More Related