Wal-Mart and the Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats, and Opportunities of the Company and Its Environment.
Wal-Mart is constantly heralded as one of the country's most substantial businesses, where both its stock and its retail sales remain constant despite an otherwise bearish economy. Yet is this perception of Wal-Mart as an untouchable industry leader accurate? This paper provides a SWOT analysis / TOWS matrix assessment in order to better address Wal-Mart's status as a business. A series of questions based upon this assessment are then answered according to the results.