nited States. Wal-Mart has stores in various locations around the world, with its international stores bringing in 19% of its total sales (Upbin). As the chart below shows, Wal-Mart has stores in ten countries, four of which already garner substantial sales.
Wal-Mart superstores are not the only tool in Wal-MartÆs tool belt, either. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ôoperates retail stores in various formats worldwide,ö with the three principal segments being Wal-Mart Storesùthe companyÆs biggest segment, with 67.3% sales during fiscal 2005, SamÆs Club, and International (ôWal-Mart Stores Incö). For the few consumers who are not near any bricks-and-mortar Wal-Mart store, there is Walmart.com, the companyÆs online merchant. There is a Wal-Mart shopping experience for every type of shopper. Until recently, there was one niche that Wal-Mart did not own all the rights toùthe hip, urban metrosexual segment that Target has captured so well (Barbaro). However, Wal-Mart has made a move to bring that niche on board too, with flashier designer clothesùstill amazingly low-cost, of cours
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