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Wal-Mart

Jake Holm

Business Exploratory

November 25, 2008QuickTime™ and a

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Background of Company

• The Founder of Wal-Mart is Sam Walton.

• It was founded on July 2, 1962, in Rogers, Arkansas, it started out as a Ben Franklin franchise(a big store chain in Arkansas at the time), but Sam Walton named it, “Walton’s Five and Dime”, which became Wal-Mart.

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Facts about the company1. Only average pay of $8

an hour with no health care and benefit pension.

2. It’s also the largest corporation and private employer in the world.

3. Wal-Mart was sued 4,581 times in 2000, which is about once every 2 hours.

4. Wal-Mart has more than 3,000 stores in the U.S

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Logo and Slogan

• Wal-Mart’s Slogan is, “Save Money Live Better”

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Mission Statement

• Wal-Mart’s Mission is to help people save money so they can live better.

• Wal-Mart’s Goal are strongly environmental:

1. They want their stores powered with 100% renewable energy

2. To create Zero Waste3. To sell products that

conserve our natural resources

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Product Line

One popular line is Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless is one of the largest electronic producers in the U.S.

Product Line• Another product

line is the new “Green Works”, which is cleaning product made from natural ingredients and put in bottles made out of recycled materials.

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Stock Information

• Stock Symbol-WMT• Traded on-NYSE• Current price-

$54.25• First issued- Aug.

25th, 1972• Price when first

issued-$32.50

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Financial Information• Wal-mart’s revenue

was 387.69 billion dollars in 2007

• Wal-mart has a makes a profit

• # of employees- 2,100,000

• Right now it wouldn’t be a good investment at the moment because the stocks are at a high price.

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Chief Executive Officer

• The CEO of Wal-mart is Lee Scott

• Born on March 14, 1949

• He gets paid 1.4 million a year

• He went to college at Pittsburgh State University

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Environmental Facts

• 15% of Wal-mart’s energy is from Wind Power

• Reduced it’s plastic bag waste by 33%

• Invested 500 million dollars on environmental projects in 2007

• Uses Fluorescent light bulbs in their stores

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Failure of the Company

• Wal-mart is known for coming into towns and ruining small businesses

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Success of the company

• In the terrible economy, Wal-mart is having record sales

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Sources

• www.google.com• www.wikipedia.co

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