Reference no: EM132544762

Your original post should contain unique thoughts or address one or more of the following questions:

Question 1: How is Walmart able to be so successful given the fact it has a thin gross margin?

Question 2: Do you think Walmart has made a risky decision to deliberately lower prices which creates this thin margin?

Question 3: Do you believe Walmart should be reviled for being so profitable, or do you think they bring something beneficial to the marketplace? (NOTE: Your professor grew up in a time before there were successful national mass marketers like Walmart, so consider what market forces were in place before Walmart and its large volume presence came into being.)

Question 4: What is the difference in the two companies' operations that would account for such a huge disparity in margins?

Question 5: Even though Apple has a huge margin, what inherent risks to they have with their business model that could derail their success?