U.S. retail company Wal-Mart by the legendary Sam »Walton, in 1962, set up in Arkansas. After 40 years of development, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has become the nation's largest private employer and the world's largest chain retailers. Currently, Wal-Mart has opened the world over 7,000 shopping malls, the total number of employees over 190 million people, distributed in 14 countries worldwide. Wal-Mart customers a week visit 176 million people.
Wal-Mart entered China in 1996, in Shenzhen, opened its first Wal-Mart shopping plaza and Sam's Club stores. After 11 years of development, Wal-Mart currently has a total of 51 in the city has opened 93 shopping malls, including Wal-Mart Shopping Plaza, Sam's Club stores, Wal-Mart stores three communities Form, which Wal-Mart Shopping Plaza, 88, three Sam's Club stores, two community stores. Wal-Mart in China has a total investment of 1.7 billion yuan, has created over 40,000 job opportunities. As a good corporate citizen, Wal-Mart entered China on the positive development of community welfare services and charity activities, accumulated 11 years to public welfare undertakings of various charities donated more than 28 million yuan of goods and capital. Wal-Mart attaches great importance to environmental protection and sustainable development, environmental protection and to 360 Wal-Mart to the concept of integration into the daily work of each link, while Wal-Mart also encourage partners to become 360 Wal-Mart as part of environmental protection, common China's commitment to environmental protection and sustainable development.
And in other parts of the world, Wal-Mart in China has always adhered to the company's fine tradition, that is a good focus on every shop, every good customer service. Has always been to provide customers with high-quality low-cost, the full range of goods and friendly service. Wal-Mart in China each set up a shopping malls, will be for the local retail introduction of advanced technology and innovative retail concepts. In stimulate competition, while helping to improve the operation of the local retail level and quality of service, so as to promote the common prosperity of the local economy.
Wal-Mart in China always adhere to the operation of local procurement, to provide more employment opportunities, support local manufacturing industry, promote local economic development. Currently, Wal-Mart's China sales in the domestic products reached more than 95 percent, with nearly 20,000 suppliers to establish a cooperative relationship. Wal-Mart has always been, as supplied by partners, suppliers and common development. August 2007, by the Shanghai Business - supplier satisfaction survey released by the Office of Center "2007 providers Satisfaction Survey Report", Wal-Mart问鼎satisfaction with the highest number of indicators, was again chosen as suppliers to "Comprehensive satisfaction The highest degree of chain stores. " In addition, the annual direct procurement of Wal-Mart China's merchandise exports amounted to approximately 9 billion U.S. dollars, the estimated amount of indirect procurement has more than 9 billion U.S. dollars.
No matter where operators, Wal-Mart are committed to become a good corporate citizen. In China, Wal-Mart has won many awards, which recently won several awards including a representative:
• four consecutive years by the Shanghai Trade Post supplier satisfaction survey report of the top of the list
• selected by the Chinese network of excellence "Chinese university students the best employer"
• from "Asian Wall Street Journal" named "Asia's leading multinational corporations"
• by the China Chain Management Association awarded "China's best retail employer"
• by "Fortune" presented the Chinese version of "the most valuable Chinese brand"
• from "Nanfang Zhoumo" named the world's top 500 enterprises investing in China Top 10
• by "Fortune" and the Chinese version of Watson Wyatt named the "excellent" employers
• by "Forbes" named the Chinese version of "charitable donation list of transnational corporations"
• by "Fortune" Chinese named the "most admired company"
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