Walmart was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton and incorporated in 1969. It now operates over 6,600 stores worldwide. Walmart employs over 1.3 million people and is the largest public corporation by revenue. While some international expansions were unsuccessful, Walmart has found great success in operations across South America, China, Canada, and the UK. In India, Walmart entered a joint venture with Bharti Enterprises in 2007 to operate stores in the "Cash and Carry" format.

1. Presented To Presented by,
Mr. Keshav Singh Vivek Singh(14)
PGDM(GLOBAL)

2.  Founded by Mr. Sam Walton in 1962 and
incorporated on October 31, 1969
 First store opened in Bentonville, Arkansas
 Today 6600 stores worldwide in countries
 It is an American public corporation & also
largest public corporation by revenue in the
world
 1.3 million people working

3.  It operates under its own name in USA having
operations in 50 states
 Runs chain of large discount department stores
and membership required warehouses
 It has wholly owned operations in Argentina,
Brazil, canada, UK , South America & China and
they are highly successful.
 In Germany & South Korea they were
unsuccessful

4. Year-2001
 Fortune co. named Wal-Mart as the 3rd most
admired company of America.
 The financial Times and Pricewater house
Copers ranked it as the 8th most admired
company in the world.
Year-2002
 Rated as the no. 1 company on the fortune
500 list presented with the Ron brown award
for corporate leadership.

5.  The winning strategy- selling branded
products at low cost.
 Non dependence on any single vendor.
 Reliability on its own distribution system.

6.  On November 27 2006, bharti enterprises
and WAL- MART entered into joint venture of
equal partnership to function in the ‘Cash and
carry’ format.
 By Aug. 2007- first store in India.

7.  Future Group
 RPG
 Reliance Retails
 Aditya Birla Group

8.  India is one country, but a hundred different
markets.
 28 states,7Union Territories, 14 different
official languages, hundreds of dialects,
multiple ethnicities, culture and habits.

9. BOOST EMPLOYMENT
 America has more Wal- Mart employees then
high school teachers.
 In China- employing 150,000 people in next
5 years.
CREATION OF WEALTH
 They pay producers more and charge
consumers less.
 Resulting savings generate employment when
they are spent on other goods and services.