the world, employing 1.3 million workers worldwide in 2003 in over 4,300 stores with sales around $256 billion. They sell everything from clothing, tools, toys, electronic goods, appliances and groceries. A major force behind its success was the vision, enterprise and daring of its founder, Sam Walton. He was the one who started the "super center" retail event. He also implemented a supply chain strategy that required stores to reorder stocks only as needed instead of keeping huge amounts of merchandise…
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