Mission Statement
The purpose of this paper is to further inform Wal-Mart Watch on several issues Wal-Mart needs reformation/change in. You have a vested interest in how Wal-Mart operates and this paper should point out major flaws in the company and then an analysis of how to rectify these issues. The issues deal with the economic, small business, and employee wrongdoings by Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart
The first Wal-Mart, opened in Benton County, Arkansas in 1962 (Slater 48). By the time the company went public in 1969 it had 18 stores throughout Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The new company slowly expanded farther and farther from its original location. Robert Slater states that by 1998, Wal-Mart had approximately 2400 stores in all 50 states and about 800,000 employees in the United States. Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the United States as well as the world. This superstore operates in over thirteen countries (Walmart). Wal-Mart opens up......
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