Walmart's SWOT Analysis

Our mission$/$purpose statement is: Saving people money so they can live better. Using the Walmart SWOT Information provided, categorize each item into one of the four categories in #$1$ and #$2.$

$1.$ Describe Walmart$$s External Environment:

Positive Factors$-$Opportunities Negative Factors$-$Threats

$2.$ Describe Walmart$$s Internal Resources:

Positive Factors$-$Strengths Negative Factors$-$Weaknesses

$3.$ Describe a relationship between a strength and an opportunity identified from #$1$ and #$2$ above and formulate a strategy capitalizing on the relationship and write as a strategic goal. Explain the relationship and why this goal would be important.

$4.$ Describe a relationship between a weakness and a threat from #$1$ and #$2$ above and formulate a strategy to neutralize the threat and write as a strategic goal. Explain the relationship and why this goal would be important.

$5.$ What corporate strategy is Walmart following: concentration, vertical integration, concentric diversification, conglomerate diversification? Explain why you selected this strategy.

$6.$ What business strategy is Walmart following: low cost or differentiation?

Explain why you selected this strategy.