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Case 4: Walmart .
1 the stores of discount arose in the United States in the middle of the Fifties, being above to him the heels to the supermarkets, that they sold foods with margins of reductions without precedent. The stores of discount took this approach to the merchandise in general, when receiving with gross margins from 10% to 15% lower than the conventional departmental stores. In order to compensate, the stores of discount trimmed costs to the maximum: the facilities did not have luxuries, the sale was limited and the auxiliary services, as deliveries and credits, were little. The moment of appearance of the stores of discount was exact. Consequently, the sales with discount bloomed and many participants entered the industry at local, regional or national level. 2 There were two key aspects in the plan to let grow Walmart. First he was to locate to the stores in isolated rural areas and small towns, generally in populations of 5000 to 25000 inhabitants. The second element of the plan. It was to follow an expansion pattern clear...