01 Is Walmart the best-positioned retailer on the globe?
Shifting away from national brands
The globalization of private label
The brands behind the private labels
04 Don’t aggravate the customer
I can’t believe it’s not on shelves
We didn’t add back 3,000… no it was more like 9,000
SKU rationalization: far from perfection but a vital process
The consumer advocate and king of deflation
Recession lesson #1: never take your eye off the customer
How Walmart broke the supermarket pricing model
Too concerned with trading down over trading out
No need for weapons of mass distraction
Preço Baixo Todo Dia: is it an EDLP world?
EDLP doesn’t exist without EDLC
Kakaku Yasuku – EDLP implementation isn’t always seamless
Walmart and its suppliers: the evolution of collaboration
The dependence of US suppliers on Walmart
Pharmaceuticals and alcohol have a convoluted route to the shopper
Tobacco & confectionery – the McLane clause
Lack of disclosure from private and international businesses
Reliance on Walmart as high as 55 per cent
Walmart’s shopper-centricity driving customer-centricity from suppliers
As Walmart evolves, suppliers must follow suit
Assortment editing and the impact on suppliers
The evolution of global sourcing at Walmart
New global sourcing strategy unveiled in 2010
Does global buying really exist?
Grocery is still a national business
Global Brands Imports gaining traction
The scale of Walmart’s logistics system
In-house supply chain development
Globalizing supply chain excellence
Globalizing one country at a time
09 The surest way to predict the future is to invent it
Technology takes hold in the 1970s
The 1980s: technology acceleration in-store
Opening the inner sanctum: Walmart’s use of third-party IT suppliers
Data warehousing: helping Walmart drink from a hosepipe of information
Retail Link: a new era for Walmart and its suppliers
The globalization of technology in Walmart
Technology and private label development
Bean counting and number-crunching
‘Our computer really does give us the power of competitive advantage’
10 Facing up to a multi-channel future
The Supercenter and Walmart’s rise to grocery domination
The final frontier: getting bigger by going small
Grandma, the Manhattanite and fraternity boys
The kings of convenience: US drugstores
Amazon – ‘the Walmart of our era’
11 Going global: Walmart’s international retail leadership
Walmart International’s market entry strategies
Walmart International in context
Walmart International performance
The scope and scale of Walmart International