Is Walmart Good For America Case Study

Julissa Ledezma
Laura Bazaldua
English 1302
7/20/2015
Is Wal-Mart good for America?
With the ability to control its stock and see at a glance how any store is performing, Wal-Mart is able to keep its finger on the pulse of its business and make critical adjustments as necessary. The low transportation costs it achieves with its own transportation system makes it possible to deliver goods to different stores within or under 48 hours, and transportation costs are only 3% of the total costs, as compared with 5% for their competitors ("Wal-Mart 's Supply Chain Management Practices: The Benefits Reaped"). Its advanced methods of transport, This combination of technology and down-home attention to customers as people makes Wal-Mart hard to beat on any soil, and it uses the winning formula to maximum advantage.
Wal-Mart does have weaknesses, particularly in some of its international markets. In China, it has a primitive supply chain; in Japan it has to deal with "a powerful but backward retail ecosystem;" and in Brazil and Argentina it has

The opportunities to acquire other companies in Europe, Asia, and South America are virtually unlimited, and Wal-Mart always has the option to build its own stores there as well. Wal-Mart has also created additional opportunities for itself by designing several formats for its stores. The superstore concept which is such a success in the U.S. can be used in foreign countries where indicated, but Wal-Mart has also developed other store concepts that it can use where conditions seem to favor them: discount stores, neighborhood markets, and Sam 's Club warehouses, in addition to Internet web sites in the native language of the country ("Wal-Mart Fact Sheets"). Wal-Mart can exploit its opportunities by developing distinctive branding such as the Sam 's Club for every segment of its