Wal Mart Vs. Target

After reading the articles provided on both corporations, Wal-Mart and Target, I don't think my prospective on either has changed. I personally have not had as much association with Target, because the closest one to my hometown is over two hours away. Wal-Mart on the other hand is like a staple store in my life. Counting the hours and dollars I have spent there in the past four years would be almost impossible. I will address the individual business and the questions in focus in the following paragraphs.

To begin, since I am more familiar with it, I will start with Wal-mart. Before reading the information, my impression of this firm was great. To me Wal-Mart is a savior. Whether I need school supplies, shampoo or underwear, Wal-Mart is the easiest and quickest way to purchase them. After reading the information, it says that Wal-Mart pressures companies to sell at such a low rate, but to me that's business. Wal-mart does what they need to do to stay on the top. If I were the owner of the number one company, I would do whatever was possible to stay there, some argue that they overtake small businesses; I agree, but a successful business does what they have to.

Not much surprised me when reading about Wal-mart. Being the biggest company, most of the information in the articles is very talked about and made available everywhere. One article mentioned that Wal-mart was sued 6,000 times in 2002, this number does seem quite surprising, but they are mostly in the lines of discrimination and areas that our brought to immediate attention on the news. I try to stay on top of the news, so I have followed a couple of the cases.

I think that the primary area I would like to know more about regarding Wal-Mart is the good things ...

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... and an article I found said that eBay's investors voted to increase the number of stock options granted to the company's employees. This stock option, paired with others gives eBay employees incentive to work their hardest and do their best for competitive pay. eBay has the ability to give such competitive pay because of their great success. Although eBay only has 5,700 employees on its payroll, the sellers and buyers give eBay the power to keep the business profitable.

Comparatively, all three businesses I have discussed (Wal-Mart, Target and eBay) are all successful businesses because of their competitive prices and convenience. All three have positive and negative sides, but continue to be well known and powerful companies. The three businesses have different definitions of success for themselves, and fight to stay true to their definition and customer alike.