To shareholders, Wal-Mart International is viewed as the great white-knight to help drive future growth.
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It was also there that I saw that Wal-Mart International is quite different from their domestic brethren.
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Wal-Mart International has seen a steady increase in number of stores since 2005, growing from 2, 290 to 4, 112 in 2009.
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Although growth in these regions is factored into our analysis, further upside could impact Wal-Mart International revenue per square foot.
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We expect CapEx as Percent of Gross Profits to slightly increase as Wal-Mart focuses on international expansion by increasing its retail square footage.
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That committee's approvals are then sent to a similar panel for Asia, which, in turn, seeks the sanction of Wal-Mart's international real-estate committee in Arkansas, which includes company CEO Mike Duke.
Wal-Mart's international performance further underscores the trend of U.S. firms benefiting from the weakened dollar, as well as becoming increasingly dependent on their international business to provide growth while domestic performance sags.
Wal-Mart named Nassa Group its top international supplier in 2002, according to a flier posted on a workers' group website.
Of these, Brazil, Mexico and China still remain the key international markets for Wal-Mart.
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The international division clearly is Wal-Mart's growth engine, now that sales at U.S. stores open at least a year have fallen for five consecutive quarters.
In fact, what is the ROI outlook on Wal-Mart as it remodels stores in price competitive international markets and tries to gain greater economies of scale overseas?
Another year of sluggish return on investment (fell in calendar 2011 due to investments in price, e-commerce, etc.) as Wal-Mart places capital into a robust amount of international unit growth and profit dollars into lower prices.
In Q3 fiscal 2013, Wal-Mart reported 7.6% revenue growth from its international business as it gained retail market share in various international markets.
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In a classic case Vlasic Foods International had a big piece of business with Wal-Mart.
Walmart International segment has been a key driver for Wal-Mart over the past couple of years.
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Wal-Mart 's keeping its head above water by keeping prices and its international growth high.
In the previous quarter, every international region generated positive comparable store sales growth for Wal-Mart with main contributors being the U.K., Canada and Mexico.
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As far as international growth expectations go, most of the upside for Wal-Mart will come from emerging economies.
Although Wal-Mart operates more stores abroad than in the U.S., the international stores are generally smaller in size and produce less revenue per square foot of retail space compared to U.S. stores.
He drove the group's international expansion which transformed Carrefour into the main global rival to Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart has learned the hard way that a first-mover advantage can be important in international retailing.
Though Wal-Mart is the biggest retailer in the world (Tesco is fifth), its attempts at international expansion have looked clumsy recently.
Safeway would reinforce Wal-Mart's growing presence in Britain seen as the ultimate test of its credibility as an international retailer, since it is faltering in Germany.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ( NYSE: WMT) is off about 0.5%, and International Business Machines Corp. ( NYSE: IBM) is lower by about 1%.
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