... organization has also earned much negative publicity for its strong arming tactics and squeezing suppliers of profit margins by threatening to take its business elsewhere. * The goods that are sold by Wal-mart from its Chinese suppliers in the past year have been marred by many different cases of health and safety hazards. * The Chinese branches of Wal-mart have had difficulties in establishing themselves in the economy. * The organization has been challenged in court over its strong-arm tactics of trying to suppress the unionization of its American workforce. * The organization has to allow its Chinese workforce to unionize and the government-backed workers' federations control the unions. Opportunities * The current economic crisis has decreased the disposable income of many individuals and thus has caused many individuals and households to lower their expectations and to shop for bargains, thus Wal-mart stands to gain in such a situation. * The inflation in the economy is on ...

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