“Personal and moral integrity is one of our

basic fundamentals
and it has to start with each of us.”

-Sam Walton

Walmart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
founded by Sam Walton in
1962
$The world’s largest public corporation by
revenue
$ The largest private employer in the

world
$ The largest grocery retailer in the

USA
$ The largest toy seller in USA

$ Each year 93% of the

American households do
shopping in some Wal-Mart
store at least once
$ In 2011 around 7,2 billions of

people will enter some of the Wal-

Mart stores
 Introduction
v Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (formerly branded as Wal-Mart, branded as
Walmart since
2008)
v An American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount

department stores
and a chain of warehouse stores
v The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962, incorporated as

Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc. on October 31,1969, and publicly traded on the New
York Stock
Exchange in 1972.
v In 2010 it was the world's largest public corporation by revenue,

according to the
Forbes Global 2000
v Rank 1st in Fortune 500 Companies with $ 408,214.0 million

revenue and $ 14,335.0

million profit
 History, Incorporation and Growth

v On July 2, 1962, Walton opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City

store located at
719 Walnut Ave. in Rogers, Arkansas
v Within five years, the company expanded to 24 stores across

Arkansas and reached

$12.6 million in sales
v In 1968, it opened its first stores outside Arkansas, in Sikeston,

Missouri and
Claremore, Oklahoma
v It operates with approx. 2,100,000 employees.

v First stock split occurred in May 1971 at a market price of $47

 The 3 Basic Beliefs

vRespect for the Individual

vService to the Customer

vStriving for Excellence

 Operating divisions

Wal-Mart Stores U.S.

v

● Walmart Discount Stores

● Walmart Supercenter

● Neighborhood Market by Walmart

● Supermercado de Wal-Mart

● Marketside

v Sam's Club

v Wal-Mart International

v Wal-Mart Canada Bank

v Private label brands

v Entertainment
 Walmart In INDIA
v Bharti Enterprises and Wal-Mart join hands in Wholesale Cash-and-
Carry to Serve
Small Retailers, Manufacturers and Farmers.
v On August 6, 2007 under Government of India guidelines they

announced that they

have signed an agreement to establish Bharti Wal-Mart Private
Limited.
v On 27 November 2006, They entered into a joint venture with equal

partnership for
both companies.
v Bharti Walmart is a B2B joint venture & operates Cash & Carry

stores under the

Best Price Modern.
v The partnership gave Wal-Mart access to the highly regulated Indian

retail market,
which was valued at $320 billion.
 Major Competitors
Target Corporation(TGT)
merican retailing company
econd largest discount retailer in the United States
anked at number 30 on the Fortune 500
Number of locations 1,743 (as of August 2010)
evenues ($ millions) 65,357.0 Profits ($ millions) 2,488.0

Kmart
v

A chain of discount department stores in the United States

Third largest discount store chain in the world
1,327 Kmart stores across 49 states,
By: Shivendra Mohta
shivendra.mohta@uimsedu.o
UIMS, Jaipur