Wal-Mart Globalization
...orary employees with minimum benefits and no overtime pay. The plan was to offer all these services at minimal costs to the consumers. Coming from the region of the country in rural America where living below standards was a norm, Wal-Mart has been operating under the temporary employment with low benefits model. The free trade had just opened up further opportunities to take advantage of as well as revamp the corporate planning. Wal-Mart has changed the history where it used to be that manufacturers had control and now the mass global retailer is the one in power. The company maintains its headquarters in Bentonville Arkansas that has implemented the best technological innovation to maintain a good order of communication between supplier and retailer. It targets those rural areas and takes advantage of the areas expansion to open new stores. People do not seem to mind driving distances to shop. They have broken the notion that a high turn over of employees was inefficient. Wal-Mart has been successful due to the recent economic downturn, the jobless rate and providing employment to the rural poverty. Part of the reason for its success also has to do with their use of technology. Being able to hire an individual with minimal ...