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Wal-Mart Furniture Stores Phase Iv

Wal-Mart Furniture Stores Phase IV
Overview of Organization
Sam Walton’s vision of successful retailing was to give customers what they wanted and it was Sam’s view that customers wanted everything: variety and quality at the lowest possible price, along with “friendly, knowledgeable service; convenient hours; free parking; a pleasant shopping experience” (The Wal-Mart Story, n.d.). Sam indeed understood what customers wanted, and gave it to them. What began as a “different type of general store” in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962 has become the largest chain of discount retail stores in the world today.
Wal-Mart has stores positioned in 15 countries, number 6,500, and...

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