Wal-Mart: The Store Wars

By -Nivedita Subbaram

- Anurag Bisen - Mustahid Ali- Sukhwinder kour

CASE FACTS

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Discuss and evaluate Wal-Mart’s Strategy In Inglewood ? What were some of its mistake ? Could they have been avoided and if so how ?

Dominate the retail market

Creating jobs in local market

Agreement on the Salary levelMistake creating problem by entering in religious strategy fighting the law for entering the market Going Against Union labor and complex law Wrong Location

1.walmart destroyed local mom and pop stores and also had second hand effects as increased traffics reduced demand for related local business.

2.Walmart labor practice had to change.

3.Walmart had to more equitably manage its supplychain .they were outsourcing from china also incudes 5,300 factories all over the country

Discuss the argument by Wal-Mart Critics . Are they Persuasive ? How should Wal-Mart Have responded ? What is your view of Wal-Mart strategy?

As Wal-Mart faces similar situation in other location, What lessons can it apply from its defeat in Inglewood ?

• Policy's fair and clear • Racial and sexual discrimination• Remove conflict with constitution• more focus on health care and safety policy • Support local supplier • Child labor• Local job • Community consideration.

Despite Wal-Mart’s expenditures of over $1 million, opposition by churches, community organizations, elected officials, and neighborhoods ultimately led to the Initiative’s defeat.

Conclusion