This document provides an overview of Walmart, the largest retailer in the world. It was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton in Arkansas and has grown to operate over 11,000 stores across 27 countries. Walton opened the first Walmart Discount City store in 1962 and the company pioneered various store formats over the years like supercenters, neighborhood markets, and Sam's Club warehouses. Today, Walmart operates internationally with over 6,100 stores worldwide and has established a joint venture in India called Best Price Modern Wholesale. The company employs strong distribution and inventory management systems which have contributed to its success as an international retail leader.

2. INTRODUCTION
It is an American multinational
retail corporation.
Headquartered in Bentonville,
Arkansas.
It has over 11,000 stores in 27
countries.
The company is the world's largest
public corporation.
It is the biggest private employer in

3. This company was founded by
Sam Walton in 1962.
On July 2, 1962, Walton opened
the first WalMart Discount City
store.
In 1988, the first Wal-Mart
Supercenter opened
in Washington, Missouri.
In 1995, the company also
started to open overseas
stores.

4. ENTREPRENEUR
"Sam"Walton was an
American businessman and
entrepreneur born
in Kingfisher city in U.S in
1918.
Due to growing up in poverty
he milked the family cow,
bottled the surplus, and drove
it to customers.
After doing grads. in
economics in 1940 he joined
J.C.PENNY as a management
trainee.
Walton joined the military in
the U.S. Army Intelligence
Corps as security supervisor.

5. LOGOS OVER THE YEARS

6. DIVISIONS OF WALMART
Neighborhood market.
Sam’s Club.
Supercentres.
Discount stores.
International Stores.

7. Neighborhood market
Neighborhood Markets
Began in 1998.
Its average area needs
abt 42000 sq. ft.
132 stores in only U.S.
It offers customer
groceries,
pharmaceuticals &
general merchandise.

8. SAM’S CLUB
Founded in 1983.
Sam's Club is a chain of
warehouse clubs which
sell groceries and general
merchandise.
Locations generally avg.
size from 70,000–
190,000 sq ft.
It operates in U.S as well
as China, Brazil etc.

9. SUPERCENTRES
It was founded in 1988.
These are hypermarkets.
Locations with an avg. size
of about 197,000 square
feet .
It deals in meat,
poultry, baked
goods, frozen foods, dairy
products, garden produce,
and fresh seafood.
There are 3273

10. DIScount stores
These stores
are discount
departmental stores.
Locations with an avg.
size of 102000 sq. ft.
They also deal
in general
merchandise and groceri
es.
There are 510 stores in
only U.S.
Many of these stores
also have a garden
center,
a pharmacy, tire & Lube

11. INTERNATIONAL STORES
Walmart became an
international company in
1991.
It operates in 26 countries
outside the United States.
Instead of U.S, it has 6100
stores around the world.
It accounts for 20% of
sales In U. K.

12. WALMART IN INDIA

13. WALMART IN INDIA(CONTD.)
Walmart announced an agreement with Bharti
Enterprises to establish a joint venture.
They establish joint venture for wholesale cash-and-carry
and back-end supply chain
management operations in India.
The first Best Price Modern Wholesale opened in
May 2009.
It operates 20 Best Price Modern Wholesale stores
and 220 easyday stores in 9 & 13 States
respectively across India.

14. WHY THEY ARE LEADERS(CONCL.)
Strong
Distribution
Inventory
Management
System
Differentiated
Pricing
Cost
Advantage
Strategy
IT Advantage
(Using IT in
Supply Chain
Management)
Customer
relationship
mgt.

15. Presented by:-
Anant kr pandey
Bhawna Sharma
Diksha Raghav
Md.Zulquarnain
Ramiza khan
Md.Safdar Aziz