The International Business Break Through

Lauren Mooney, Paul Dinter, and David Huddleston

• International Business

• Where it Started

• Who Started it

• What is international business?

• Is Wal-Mart an internationally recognized brand?

• How has Wal-Mart become involved?

International Business

• In 1950, Sam Walton Purchased a retail store from Luther E. Harrison. (Bentonville, Arkansas)

• He opened “Walton’s 5 & 10”

• The town later became Wal-Mart’s national headquarters

Where it Started

• Sam Walton

• Born on March 29, 1918

• Walton opened the first Wal-Mart in 1962

• Mike Duke, the current CEO of Wal-Mart

Who Started it

• Wal-Mart became an international company in 1991

• Operates in 26 countries outside the United States

• More than 800,000 associates

• Over 5,500 stores internationally

Becoming International

PAST PRESENT

Growth

Wal-Mart-400 U.S.

Wal-Mart-4,156 U.S. Sam’s Club-630 Wal-Mart International-6,310 Total Units-11,096

The Future

• Turning over a green leaf

• Produce or procure renewable energy

Total amount of money spent at Wal-Mart every hour…

$36,000,000

Total amount of profit Wal-Mart makes every minute

$34,880

Wal-Mart Statistics

Total number of employees 2,000,000Percentage of Americans that live within 15 minutes of Wal-Mart

90%

Wal-Mart Statistics Cont.

Amount per every U.S. dollar spent at Wal-Mart

8 cents

Total number of customers per week 100,000,000

World Rank by economy if Wal-Mart were a country 19th

• For further information please see…

• http://www.walmartstores.com/sites/sustainabilityreport/2010/default.aspx

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