The case for walmart

Not only Wal-Mart is saving money for consumers, Wal-Mart creates jobs, improve economic conditions and overall improve the areas in where they operate. Wal-Mart usually open in rural and down trotted areas. A perfect example is Carol Foote. She and her friend Paula Beaulieu started a petition to open a

Wal-Mart is an American multinational retail corporation and one of the leading discount department retail stores (Wikipedia). It is the highest- grossing company in the United States (Fortune 2008a), and is by far one of the most successful companies worldwide. Wal-Mart offers a place to buy the majority of our goods under one roof like electronics, furniture, clothing, pharmacy, sports, food, books etc. Wal-Mart sells good at lower price than the others and this is even shown by its slogan “save money, live better”.  It drives out smaller and sometimes even the expensive stores out of business due to its lower prices. Wal-Mart provides jobs for thousands of

Walmart is the world's largest company by revenue (approximately four hundred and eighty billion dollars) and the largest private employer in the world with two point three million employees. Walmart is also one of the world's most valuable companies by market value, and is also the largest grocery retailer in the U.S. “One Nation Under Walmart” is a case about how Walmart has taken over the retail business and the effects of their market domination. The case also shows statistics of how much percentage Walmart is of many suppliers’ sales. According to the case Walmart has a 30% market share of all household items. Twenty-eight percent of Dial’s business and twenty-four percent of Del Monte’s business go through Walmart stores. It is also worth noting that Walmart imports ten percent of all United States imports from China. The case states that Walmart is able to offer cheaper prices because they put so much pressure on their suppliers to lower their prices. The case, “One Nation Under Walmart”, explains the problems that some people have with the massive retailer. One of these problems is how Walmart has forced numerous local businesses to close their doors through their extremely competitive pricing. They are able to purchase bulk goods at such low prices and thus pass the savings onto customers. As a result of these lew costs, rivals are driven out of business which results in a loss of jobs. Jobs are vital to the success of a community and with Walmart causing job

Question 1: What were the rights of Walmart, the employer, during these two organizing drives?

6) Are Wal-Mart’s persuasive tactics concerning its value to communities ethical in approach and intention?

The largest corporation in America with $378,799 million in revenues and employing 2,055,000 employees, Wal-Mart has become one of the greatest success stories in American history, but also one of the most controversial stories since Standard Oil (Fortune). But with all big business comes critics. Today’s critics suggest Wal-Mart unfairly uses it power of size, which is goliath, to exploit employees and impoverish nations, ruin competition, and place undue pressure on the government. However, one item most critics fail to mention is that Wal-Mart creates consumer welfare. Throughout this paper, I will analyze each criticism of Wal-Mart and sufficiently cite evidence proving the greater good that is realized with

Wal-Mart has branded stores in all 50 states and in over 27 countries. Wal-Mart started with humble roots in 1962 by Sam Walton in the small town of Bentonville, Arkansas. Within thirty years, the small local discount retailer grew to one of the largest retail companies in the United States of America. Now it stands as the largest retailer in the world. As the largest retailer, Wal-Mart has gained many detractors. In "The Case for Wal-Mart," Karen De Coster and Brad Edmonds recognize how people “like to attack bigness” (632). Many believe Wal-Mart offers low wage jobs with few employee benefits, discriminates against women, and among many other issues, doesn’t give back to the community (631). In contrast to the constant barrage

Wal-Mart is a “Big Business” and they have held this title for many years. That is not to say they present a negative connotation to most Americans. Quite the contrary, Wal-Mart is a global leader in offering low cost merchandise, a variety of items to choose from, a clean environment in which to shop. Additionally, they are one the largest employers in America, they are still a private corporation, whom stocks rank first and second place. They promote within and they offer training and advancement for their associates (Fishman, 2006).

Wal-Mart has eliminated the hustle of going from store to stores to get specific items. Even though many fear it’s taking money away from business, it is argued to be a necessary part of the American Economy. Hoeing says, “The charge that Wal-Mart puts local ‘mom-and-pop’ stores out of business is a validation of the company, not a demonizing of it.” This states that variety Wal-Mart deems itself more powerful than the smaller and less successful businesses.

I watched this movie on June 1, 2016. The movie Wal-Mart: The high Cost of Low prices is a documentary about the unsavory practices Wal-Mart has in place in order to ensure they are selling their items at dirt cheap prices. The movie starts out with a mom and popshop called H and H hardware, talking about the adverse effects of a Wal-Mart in their area has on their business. Eventually they become unable to compete with Wal-Mart and their low prices, and the viewer soon sees them put the family store up for sale. The movie then goes on to talk about how when a Wal-Mart comes to an area, it is only a mere matter of months until the local business are forced to close shop. Many towns offer subsidies so a Wal-Mart will come and open there, but

Many advise against the coming of a Wal-Mart to their town, arguing that it will only bring negative consequences to the economy, but most of their pleas to stop Wal-Mart are thoughtless. On the contrary, Wal-Mart is a positive force sweeping through the United States generating town growth, new jobs, customer traffic and increased tax revenues. Wal-Mart is great for the economy in that it brings competition to other competitors and it drives out the weak businesses that were only hindering the growth of their local economy. Wal-Mart is an effective catalyst for change. Its expansion leads other business competitors to retool their own operations and become more competitive, thus increasing and feeding

In Robert Greenwald’s 2005 film, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price, he along with other political activist opposes the rhetoric of Walmart’s CEO, Lee Scott, to the experiences of current Walmart employees, both in the United States and internationally; small town business owners, shoppers, and community activists. The film opens up previewing an audience of Walmart employees at a convention cheering on Lee Scott as he proudly states “It would be a pleasure for anybody to be the CEO of this company. . . . You get to say we had record sales, we had record earnings, we had record reinvestment back in our company” (Greenwald, 2005, 0:50). The statement gave the impression that he was going to praise the work of employees for their contribution

When a new Wal-Mart is built in a community many people complain that the store does all kinds of damage to their community. Including but not limited to putting small local businesses at risk of closing down and hurting the economy in their community. However according to some Wal-Mart actually improves the economy of any community that it enters. And while it may force local competitors to close down this is not necessarily a bad thing.

Majority of people has been shopping in Wal-Mart once or even frequently. People like the way that Wal-Mart works. Their prices are cheap and we can find variety of commodities. Wal-Mart has run for around 53 years. It is a great thing because it can represent that people like the store. It is very important to note that not every retail store can be run for a long time with tremendous profit. According to their website, they have approximately 260 millions customers consumes in their stores which includes the stores over 28 countries. In addition, Wal-Mart also has 2.2 millions employees all over the world, including 1.4 millions employees in the U.S. However, the chief executives officer of Wal-Mart, Doug McMillon recently announced that they are going to shut down 269 stores that includes in the U.S. store and worldwide stores. In other words, there are more than 16000 workers including 10000 in the U.S. will be affected and thousand of workers will be laid off. This paper is going to analyze the issue ethically, and use alternative ways to work the problem out.

Wal-Mart’s core value - delivering low prices - has proved successful in creating the largest and most powerful company in history. From 2001-2006, Wal-Mart opened an average of sixteen new supercenters per month, one every business day in 2005 (Fishman, 2006). Ghemawat (2004, cited by Lichtenstein, (2006))