The US supermarket chain Walmart is the most successful company in the world. But it also has a problem: its concept works particularly well in the United States of America, where it was invented - in Europe, however, a planned expansion failed miserably around 20 years ago. Why? Let's find out.
A film by Matthias Schwarzer
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Sources for the video:
Why Walmart failed in Germany (Spiegel, German language):
https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/wal-marts-rueckzug-warum-der-us-titan-scheiterte-a-429017.html
Walmart's failure - a chronology (Spiegel, German language):
https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/wal-mart-in-deutschland-chronologie-eines-scheiterns-a-429049.html
Walmart business figures in 2004 (Manager Magazin, German language):
https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/artikel/a-293572.html
Walmart ethics code angers Germans (DW):
https://www.dw.com/en/wal-mart-ethics-code-angers-germans/a-1519102
Court: Also Walmart employees are allowed to love (Stern.de, German language):
https://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/news/urteil-auch-wal-mart-mitarbeiter-duerfen-lieben-3290116.html#:~:text=Mit%20einer%20Richtlinie%20zum%20Liebesleben,der%20Vorsitzende%20Richter%20Lothar%20Beseler.
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Intro song:
MÆT - Start Again
Music:
Epidemic Sound
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