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A 7 page paper which examines why the Wal-Mart chain should be boycotted, such as the way it overtakes local competition (the old “mom and pop” stores), employee exploitation and lack of benefits, claiming to be pro-America and yet importing and manufacturing most of their goods from China. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TG15_TGwalboy.rtf
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and incredibly savvy approach to business has been astronomically rewarded in terms of global sales and corporate influence. Its welcoming senior citizen and disabled greeters and everyday low prices
are extremely friendly to middle and low-income families, many of whom consider Wal-Mart one-stop shopping because it economically meets their consumer needs by providing everything from clothing to groceries.
So staggering is Wal-Marts influence on the international retail industry that it also has a tremendous effect upon the American economy. As gas prices continue to rise and consume
a larger portion of household budgets, not as many people can shop as often at Wal-Mart. When Wal-Mart fails to make a quarterly profit, the trickle-down impact affects everyone
both I the United States and overseas. If big brother is watching us as George Orwell alleged in his futuristic novel, 1984, than he must be the ghost of
Sam Walton because the Goliath of a conglomerate he founded - which grew from a regional chain of Arkansas discount stores back in 1962 to the number one American retailer
by 1990 - somehow affects each person living today. Wal-Mart appears to embody the ultimate American success story. It has been described as "the darling of Wall Street" and
was declared "most admired company" in 2003 by the influential financial publication Forbes magazine (DiNovella 44). Patronage from its massive low-income customer base has propelled Wal-Mart into "a powerhouse"
without peer; with generated annual sales of $256.3 billion, it surpasses Microsoft, Target, Home Depot, Kroger, and Costco combined (Sellers 40). With more than 5,000 stores throughout the world
and a new opening practically once a day in the United States during 2005, Wal-Mart currently controls one-half of all retail sales in America (Weiner 53). Because of its
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