I am looking for websites and specific articles that discuss
Wal-Mart's S.W.O.T analysis that is the comparison of Wal-Mart's
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to its competitors
(Kmart, Sears and Target).

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Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 03 Apr 2003 20:55 PST

I haven't found any articles (except college term papers) on
Wal-Mart's S.W.O.T. analysis, but I have found a S.W.O.T. analysis
that is part of a larger report apparently conducted for Wal-Mart in
2002.  Would this be a sufficient answer?

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Clarification of Question by instyle-ga on 04 Apr 2003 09:07 PST

Yes I think I would like to look at the larger report that contains
the S.W.O.T analysis.  That would be sufficient.  Also if not SWOT
analysis could you please see if you can find any articles that maybe
just compare Wal-Mart with any of its competitors.

Hello instyle-ga,

This report, including a S.W.O.T. analysis (on pages 11-14), was done
in 2002 by Carnegie Consulting, which was associated with Pomona
College's economics department.  The 2002 date is apparent from the
references to events in 2002 throughout the report.  (Note: Carnegie
Consulting does not appear to exist at this time.  I now realize that
it may have only been a group project at Pomona College, done for
purposes of a class -- perhaps a class of Prof. James D. Likens, who
is listed on its former web pages.  In any event, the report that it
produced is quite detailed, which I assume is the most important
factor for you.  The cached version of this report is missing the
graphics from the graphs, but the significance of the graphs is
apparent from the text.)

Google Cache of Wal-Mart Report
Pomona College Economics Department: Carnegie Consulting
http://216.239.57.100/search?q=cache:UDnxR1f0kR4C:www.economics.pomona.edu/carnegieconsulting/clients/walmart.pdf

Pages from Carnegie Consulting at Pomona College Economic Department
[click on "Cached" or "View as HTML" to see cached versions of pages]
Google
://www.google.com/search?q=%22carnegie+consulting%22+pomona&num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&filter=0

I hope that this information is helpful.

- justaskscott-ga


Search terms used on Google:

"strengths, weaknesses, opportunities" "wal mart" kmart sears target

[I tried other searches as well, but this search led me to the report
I have cited.]

Great answer!

Hi instyle-ga,

I have found some interesting websites for you that deals with Walmart
Competitive Strategy, The Stock Performance of Walmart vs Sears and
Kmart over the last 5 years, Walmart influences grows etc. I can also
continue looking for others.

If interested please let me know.


Thanks


jeanwil-ga