Running Head: Wal-MartWal-MartNameCourseLecturerUniversityDate WALMARTWal-Mart is said to be the leading retailer distribution company in the U.S It was formerly known as Wal-Mart Inc. stores and later changed its name to Wal-Mart in 2008. At some point in time it made the decision to lower the prices of commodities so as to increase sales and this has seemed to work well for it since its sales volume stands at a very high rate to date (Chloe).On February 22, 2010, Wal-Mart made it public that it would purchase Vudu Inc. a company that deals with delivering movies to Internet enabled television sets and Blu-ray players. It said that it would buy Vudu Inc for an estimated over $100 million. In making this decision certain costs were to be incurred such as sunk costs. Sunk cost is the cost which has already been incurred and cannot be recovered. Therefore by Wal-Mart making a purchase of Vudu Inc. Company the cost cannot be ...