... which Wal-Mart builds it competitive advantage? Wal-Mart's strategy was to be the low price leader. Wal-Mart had a saturation strategy and essentially become their own competition. By putting stores so close together and being the low price leader, the other retail stores could not compete with Wal-Mart and they went out of business. Wal-Mart has a strategy by selling products at a low cost. One of the ways they accomplished this was by not becoming too dependent on one supplier, and they persuaded their vendors to have electronic hook ups with their stores. This reduced order entry and processing costs for itself and its vendors. This was a way to keep costs down. Wal-Mart shipped about 85 percent of its merchandise from its distribution centers to the stores. The competitors averaged about 50 percent. These distribution centers were located within a one day drive from the store, so they ...

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