Walmart Strengths

Walmart Weakness

1. Focused Customer Service

2. Bulk purchase incentive for SAM’S Club customers

3. One stop shopping approach

4. Customer satisfaction guaranteed programs

5. Support local merchants with purchase preference

6. Information technology leader in its industries

7. Employees Profit-sharing scheme include stock ownership

8. Focused employees development

9. Strong community involvement

1. No formal mission statement

2. Incentive benefits only for SAM’S Club members

3. Stock policies are outdated or old fashioned

4. Few Women and minorities involved in top management positions

5. Poor performing employees can remain in their job

Walmart Opportunities

Walmart Threats

1. Resources for Strategic Planning

    

    

   Increasingly consumers want ease of shopping

2. Internet shopping becoming a new  preference

3. Dollar value increasing

4. Similar shopping  patterns worldwide

5. Retail sales expected to increase

6. Increase in environment conscious consumers

7. Growth in elderly population

8. Untapped Asian market by retail

9. Untapped European Market by retail

1. Regulation of Wal-Mart pharmacies

2. Small towns do not want entry of Walmart

3. Bad media exposure for Kathie Lee Brand

4. Variety of competition nationally, regionally and locally

5. Substitute products more easily because of intense competition