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1. Construct a comparison of Wal-Mart's and the industry's income statements around 1990 and quantify Wal-Mart's advantages.

2. Evaluate Wal-Mart's diversification into Sam's Clubs and supercenters.

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//Wal mart is a big name in the retail industry. It is a chain of retail stores. This paper will show the drastic increase in sales revenues and the growth rates during 1990's. The rate of growth, of the Company, individually was much more than the retail industry as a whole. //

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The company had sales revenue of $25810656 and recorded a net income of 1075900 for the year ending 1990. With this intervention, the company broke all the records and with this the industry in which the company operates had also showed growth, but the growth showed by the industry is less than the growth showed by the company.

Wal-Mart's advantages around 1990's:

The company enters California, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota and Utah.
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