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Title: Incorporating Small Producers into Formal Retail Supply Chains: Sourcing Readiness Checklist

Language: English

Type: Website

Nature: Institution

Published: March 1, 2022

Region: Global

Country: Global-World

Topic: Gender Impact

Keywords: Gender, Procurement

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Document Summary:

This paper examines Walmart’s efforts to engage small producers in large-scale retail in two arenas: the first, a series of efforts over the past ten years to engage small producers in Walmart’s agricultural supply chain; the second endeavored to sell the handicrafts made by women-owned businesses in developing countries through Walmart’s online consumer marketing.

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2016, The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan. 

 

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Updated: March 1, 2022