Wal-Mart in Halifax, Canada

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is one of the number one retailers that operates discount stores offering a wide variety of merchandise including apparel, domestics, hardware, electronics, home furnishings, medicines, restaurants, beauty aids, and so more. The company operates internationally with subsidiaries in Argentina, Brazil, Germany, United Kingdom, Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico, Korea, joint ventures in China, and majority-owned subsidiaries in Brazil. The chain's hometown identity makes it extremely popular among customers, but it is best known for its breath of merchandise and everyday low prices. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is the one of the number one retail stores that operates discount stores offering a wide variety of merchandise including apparel, domestics, hardware, electronics, home furnishings, and health and beauty aids. Wal-Mart is one of the most convenient stores in today's market.

Wal-Mart culture is dominated by three main guiding principles including: "Everyday Low Prices (EDLP)", consistently well-stocked shelves, and friendly associates.

Wal-Mart is able to offer EDLP to its customers by (1) giving its associates the power to make suggestions to reduce cost, (2) working together closely with its vendors, and (3) using advanced technology such as just-in-time management systems to help reduce inventory costs.

As I remember it Wal-Mart is one of those big stores all over America and Europe that it is developing rapidly all over the world. Last Saturday, my boyfriend and I went to Peggy's Cove for a walk with our dogs and afterwards we had planned to go camping on an island in Prospect Village. We decided to deviate and make a short stop at Wal-Mart store at Bayer' Lake for getting prepare to buy some articles for this camping evening. One the impressions that one gets when getting inside Wal-Mart is that is hard to get out of this store. By the time that I...