List of Prepositions

aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
amid
among
anti
around
as
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
besides
between
beyond
but
by
concerning
considering
despite
down
during
except
excepting
excluding
following
for
from
in
inside
into
like
minus
near
of
off
on
onto
opposite
outside
over
past
per
plus
regarding
round
save
since
than
through
to
toward
towards
under
underneath
unlike
until
up
upon
versus
via
with
within
without
Wal-Mart finds its formula doesn't fit every culture
Wal-Mart is probably the most successful US-based general goods retailer in the world. Yet, after
nearly a decade of trying, it pulled out of Germany. It realised that its formula for success - low
prices and a wide choice of goods - did not wor in marets with their own discount chains and
shoppers with different habits. !It is a good, important lesson,! says "eth #ec, a spoeswoman
for Wal-Mart. $mong other things, Wal-Mart has learned to deal with different corporate cultures
with more sensiti%ity. In Germany, it stopped requiring sales clers to smile at customers,
because some male shoppers interpreted this as flirting. It also stopped re&uiring staff members to
sing the Wal-Martchant e%ery morning. !'eople found these things strange. Germans (ust don!t
beha%e that way,! says )ans-Martin 'orschmann, the secretary of the *erdi union, which represents
+,,,, Wal-Mart employees. In addition, Wal-Mart !didn!t want to ha%e anything to do with unions,! he
says. !-hey didn!t understand that in Germany, companies and unions are closely connected.!
Wal-Mart!s German e.perience also taught it to use local management. -he company initially
installed $merican e.ecuti%es, who had little feel for what German consumers wanted. !-hey tried to
sell pacaged meat, when Germans lie to buy meat from the butcher,! says Mr 'orschmann. $
customer, /oland #ogel, +0, says he ne%er bought groceries at Wal-Mart because food is
cheaper at German discount chains. )e also did not %isit the store often because it was on
the edge of town and he does not own a car. 1inally, Wal-Mart also learned to care less whether its
foreign ++ stores carry the namederived from its founder, Sam Walton, as the German Wal-Marts
did. Se%enty per cent of Wal-Mart!s international sales come from outlets with names lie $sda in
"ritain, Seiyu in 2apan or "ompreco in "ra3il.
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