Walmart is the nation's largest employer. True or False? - answer true
On average, the stores now have 10 to 15 percent less inventory. Largely accomplished
by reducing the ________________________________ offered for a particular product.
- answer Variety of brands
For the world's largest retailer, the ability to grow hangs on the ability to grow
___________________ the U.S. - answer OUTSIDE
Walmart is thriving in China in some ways that are strikingly different from what it's
doing back home. They have found a niche in China that's above the average income
level and they [Walmart] are selling ___________________ categories with success...
...They are also selling _____________ fish. - answer luxury
live
Walmart is asking its suppliers to develop a universal rating system clearly visible on
every item sold on its shelves. Products would be scored based on their
________________________________________________ costs. So, the jeans that
came from a cotton crop sprayed with pesticide would get a lower rating than ones that
were not. - answer environmental and social
The focus on improvement usually leads to a focus on
______________________________
______________________________________________. Walmart is relentlessly
efficient. - answer how to take costs out of the business
_________________ figures prominently in Walmart's relentless drive to lower costs.
It's the place many of the company's suppliers must turn to if they are to meet Walmart's
demands for "always low prices." - answer China
It used to be that the manufacturers and suppliers dictated the ________________
_________________. It wasn't the retailer dictating to the supplier what the terms are
going to be. - answer terms of the sale
True or False?
Walmart tracks every ______________________________________, every day. -
answer item is sells
TRUE
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