Critics argue that a large portion of Wal-Mart's financial success is due to business practices harmful to employees, the community, the economy, and the environment. Specific areas of controversy include the company's product selection; treatment of suppliers, competitors, and employees; impact on local communities, and effects on world trade and globalization. Wal-Mart - Dumping. In May 2003, Five Rivers filed an anti-dumping petition in Washington, charging that color television makers in China were ill ...

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Wal-Mart operates discount retail department stores selling a broad range of non-grocery products, though emphasis is now focused on the "Supercenters" which offer a full line of grocery items. Wal-Mart also operates Sam's Club—a "warehouse club" (similar to Costco and BJ's) that sells discounted bulk merchandise to due-paying members. As of January 2005, Wal-Mart employed 1.3 million people in the United States. Wal-Mart's corporate headquarters are located in Bentonville, Arkansas. Apart from retail locations, it operates 99 Distr ...

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) was founded by Sam Walton in 1962. It is now a multinational corporation and is the largest retailer and second largest company in the world based on revenue. For the fiscal year ending January 31, 2005, Wal-Mart reported net income of US $10.3 billion on US $285 billion of sales revenue (3.6% profit margin). If Wal-Mart were its own economy, it would rank 20th in the world, with a GDP between those of Greece and Ukraine. It is the largest private employer in the United States, Mexico and Canad ...

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Wal-Mart - Competition Wal-Mart - Wal-Mart TV Network Wal-Mart - Contributions Wal-Mart - Renewable energy experiments
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Wal-Mart - Dumping Wal-Mart - Use of overseas labor Wal-Mart - Opposition to unions Wal-Mart - Wages Wal-Mart - Labor laws working conditions and child labor violations Wal-Mart - Taxes Wal-Mart - Allegations of gender discrimination Wal-Mart - Health insurance memo Wal-Mart - Illegal use of undocumented workers Wal-Mart - Workforce diversity Wal-Mart - Product controversy Wal-Mart - Supplier relations and predatory pricing Wal-Mart - Local community impacts Wal-Mart - Philanthropy efforts Wal-Mart - Racism charges
Wal-Mart - Response to criticism Wal-Mart - Wal-Mart in popular culture Wal-Mart - Statistics
Wal-Mart - Retail operations Wal-Mart - Store counts & revenue
Wal-Mart - Corporate governance Wal-Mart - Miscellaneous
Wal-Mart - Other

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Wal-Mart operates discount retail department stores selling a broad range of non-grocery products, though emphasis is now focused on the "Supercenters" which offer a full line of grocery items. Wal-Mart also operates Sam's Club—a "warehouse club" (similar to Costco and BJ's) that sells discounted bulk merchandise to due-paying members. As of January 2005, Wal-Mart employed 1.3 million people in the United States. Wal-Mart's corporate headquarters are located in Bentonville, Arkansas. Apart from retail locations, it operates 99 Distr ...

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Wal-Mart operates discount retail department stores selling a broad range of non-grocery products, though emphasis is now focused on the "Supercenters" which offer a full line of grocery items. Wal-Mart also operates Sam's Club—a "warehouse club" (similar to Costco and BJ's) that sells discounted bulk merchandise to due-paying members. As of January 2005, Wal-Mart employed 1.3 million people in the United States. Wal-Mart's corporate headquarters are located in Bentonville, Arkansas. Apart from retail locations, it operates 99 Distr ...

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Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart - Timeline, Wal-Mart - Business, Wal-Mart - Competition, Wal-Mart - Wal-Mart Television Network, Wal-Mart - Contributions, Wal-Mart - Renewable energy experiments, Wal-Mart - Employees, Wal-Mart - Financial results, Wal-Mart - Public relations, Wal-Mart - Economic impact in the United States, Wal-Mart - Debates over Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart - Wal-Mart in popular culture, Wal-Mart - Statistics, Wal-Mart - Retail operations, Wal-Mart - Store counts & revenue, Wal-Mart - Corporate governance, Wal-Mart - Miscellaneous, Wal-Mart - Other

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Previous: Modernism Consumerism is a term used to describe the effects of equating personal happiness with purchasing material possessions and consumption. It is often associated with criticisms of consumption starting with Karl Marx and Thorstein Veblen. Consumerism can also mean economic policies associated with Keynesian economics, and, in an abstract sense, to name the belief that the free choice of consumers should dictate the economic structure of a society (cf. Producerism, especially in the British sense ...

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Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jamaa'h: ( Arabic, أهل السنة والجماعة )This Arabic phrase means "the adherents to the Sunnah and the community". This is a term used by some Sunni Muslims to refer to themselves, especially the salafis. The phrase proclaims their adherence to the sunnah, or code of conduct they believe to have been established by Muhammad, as recorded in the hadith, or oral traditions, recognized as authorita ...

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Corporate abuse refers to incidents that involve unethical behavior on behalf of a corporation; a case of corporate abuse may be a scandal, fraud, or negligence toward the corporation's employees and/or the local community. The issue of corporate abuse erupted in the US after energy company Enron filed for bankruptcy in December 2001 after a major accounting scandal. Corporate abuse - Sources. This category has been inspired by an article written by the BBC: BBC NEWS | Business | Wall Street scandal ...

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Helen Robson Kemper Walton (b. [Dec.3,1919] in Claremore, Oklahoma) is the widow of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. She is one of the wealthiest persons in the world with an estimated net worth of $15.4 billion. Robson was the valedictorian of her high school class and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma at Norman with a degree in business. She was the daughter of L.S. Robson, a prosperous banker and r ...

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Bentonville is a city located in Benton County, Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 19,730. The city is the county seat of Benton County6. The headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores, the largest retailer in the world, as well as that of The Whistler Group, a major US manufacturer of radar detectors, are located in Bentonville. Bentonville Arkansas - Government. Bentonville has a mayor-city council form of government. The Bentonville Parks Commission, Advertising & Pro ...

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Alice L. Walton (born October 7, 1949) is the daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton. She and her mother each have an estimated net worth of about $18 billion and are the richest women in the world. She is a graduate of Trinity University and lives in Mineral Wells, Texas on The Rocking W Ranch. She was the 20th largest individual contributor to 527 committees in the U.S. presidential election, 2004, donating 2.6 million dollars (US ...

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This article is about the legal term. For names of various art works, see Class Action. In law, a class action is an equitable procedural device used in litigation for determining the rights of and remedies, if any, for large numbers of people whose cases involve common questions of law and fact. Traditionally class actions have been used to litigate antitrust and securities lawsuits, but more recently have been used for a wide range of legal disputes that involve a large number of injured parties. Recently, the United States Congress reviewed the use of class a ...

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Class action - Class actions in the United States
Class action - Federal class actions Class action - State class actions
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Class action - Advantages of Class Actions Class action - Criticisms of Class Actions
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(1,707 total units) Note: Some international unit totals include distribution centers which are not listed here. Argentina Wal-Mart Supercenter (11) Brazil (295) Wal-Mart Supercenter (22) SAM'S CLUB (15) Todo Dia (2) Bompreco Hypermart (28) Bompreco Supermarket (70) Bompreco Mini-Market (8) Balaio (Brompreco) (7) Magazine (Bompreco) (3) Sonae (140) Hypermarkets, supermarkets and wholesale units.See also:

List of assets owned by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., List of assets owned by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. - United States, List of assets owned by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. - International, List of assets owned by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. - Acquisitions, List of assets owned by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. - Former Operations

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Marx argued that the capitalist economy leads to the fetishization of goods and services, and the devaluing of the worth of a good or service, and instead focusing on its price in the market. In many critical contexts the term is used to describe the tendency of people to identify strongly with products or services they consume, especially those with commercial brand names and obvious status-enhancing appeal, e.g. an expensive automobile, rich jewellery. It is a pejorative term which most people deny, having some more specific excuse or rati ...

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Sam Walton was born to Thomas Gibson Walton and Nancy Lee Walton near Kingfisher, Oklahoma. There, he lived with his parents on their farm until 1923. Sam's father decided farming did not generate enough income on which to raise a family, so he decided to go back to a previous profession of a mortgage man. So he and his family (now with another son, James, born in 1921) moved from Oklahoma to Missouri. There they moved from one small town to another for several years. While attending 8th grade in Shelbina, Sam became the youngest Eagle Scout in the state's history. In adult life, Walton became a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Sco ...

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The first true Wal-Mart opened in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. Wal-Mart eventually became the world's largest retailer. In 2004, more than 1.5 million people were employed by the Wal-Mart corporation. Walton stated, "Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community." Wal-Mart has outreach programs led by local associates who grew up in the area and understand its needs. Wal-Mart tries to become involved in local communities by holding bake sales for local charities and by offering scholarship ...

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While there is not precisely an intellectual movement to promote consumerism, there has been, in recent years, strong criticism of the anti-consumerist movement. Most of this comes from libertarian thought. For example, Reason magazine, in 1999, attacked the anti-consumerism movement, claiming Marxist academics are repackaging themselves as anti-consumerists. James Twitchell, a professor at the University of Florida and popular writer, referred ...

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Before moving out in 1951, Walton arranged for another location for a new store. Unable to find a new location in Newport, Walton located a variety store in Bentonville, Arkansas which he would open as another Ben Franklin franchise, but called "Walton Five and Dime." In Bentonville, the Waltons became involved in numerous civic activities. Walton served as president of the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He was also elected to the city council, served on the hospital board, and launched a ...

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Over time, Walton went on to open more Ben Franklin stores with the help of his brother, father-in-law, and brother-in-law. In 1954, he opened a store with his brother in a shopping center in Ruskin Heights, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. He opened another in Arkansas, but it failed to be as successful as his other stores. Walton decided to concentrate on retail business instead of the shopping centers and ope ...

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