WalMart Strengths and Weaknesses
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From his experience at J.C. Penny Co. Sam Walton was impressed with the philosophies they used (e.g. "The Penny Idea") and used them to mold Wal-Mart. This included referring to employees as "associates", serving the public to their complete satisfaction, and receiving a fair profit from services rendered. Walton's theory on what Wal-Mart should be is "a conveniently located one-stop shopping unit where customers could buy a wide variety of quality merchandise at discount prices." And as Wal-Mart grew, management sought a firm that was a "discount department store chain offering a wide variety of general merchandise to the customer." It was on these values and philosophies that Wal-Mart expanded...