Introduction
Wall-Mart Background
Wal-Mart Stores is an American company with its headquarters based in Bentonville, Arkansas. It is a retail chain store that specializes in a variety of merchandise with a philosophy of offering low prices in the market. It has stores across the United States and in Canada although it also operates its stores in other parts of the world that include China, India and Japan (Zook & Graham, 2006).
The operations of the company are run under the brand Walmart organized into three basic operational divisions majorly; Walmart stores, Sam’s Club and Walmart International. Its operations are conducted in a ...