Walmart CEO Mike Duke outlines strategies for building the ‘Next Generation Walmart’
Growth will create 500,000 jobs around the world over the next five years
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., June 4 — Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. President and CEO Mike Duke laid out four strategies for building the Next Generation Walmart at the company’s annual shareholders meeting today. He said Walmart is poised to deliver on Sam Walton’s vision of giving “the world an opportunity to see what it’s like to save and have a better life.” The strategies are:
- Become a truly global company;
- Understand the business challenges that retailers will face and solve them;
- Play an even bigger leadership role on social issues that matter to our customers;
- Keep our culture strong everywhere.


