Why did Walmart fail in Germany?

Though no one can say precisely why the venture failed, there's been no shortage of explanations. One is that Germany was too “green” for a slash-and-burn outfit like Walmart, with its plastic bags and plastic junk Another is that Walmart couldn't hack the pro-labor union culture of Germany. read more

By David Macaray Walmart can boast that it has more than 8,500 stores in 15 countries, under 55 different names, that it's the largest private employer in the United States, the largest in Mexico (as Walmex), and the third largest in Canada. read more

Actually that is exactly why Wal Mart failed in Germany, they did not have enough stores to blanket any region adequately and had attempted to save money by spreading their investment to some stores that were not in good locations. read more

Andreas Knorr and Andreas Arndt Andreas Knorr, Alfons Lemper, Axel Sell, Karl Wohlmuth (Hrsg.): Materialien des Wissenschaftsschwerpunktes „Globalisierung der read more