What impresses me about Wal-Mart is its growth in the past four decades. It is unbelievable how large the company has gotten in the time it has been open. As of 2004, it had almost 5,000 stores across the world with profits of $9 billion. It is impressive that its strategy of low prices hasn't been duplicated by that many companies. Wal-Mart has also made the transition into the foreign market and has done extremely well. It has over 1,000 different foreign locations in nine different countries as of 2004.
There are not many things that unimpressive about Wal-Mart. Their strategy is one of the best of any industry. Its international expansion is continually growing and it of sells the merchandise of ten stores combined. Wal-Mart has a great relationship with its suppliers and gets their bottom prices. The biggest aspect of Wal-Mart that is very impressive is its customer service. Its employees are very helpful and well informed of the location they work at.
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