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WAL-MART GLOBAL DATA SHEET
February 1, 2008
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| Retail
Units Worldwide |
7,262 |
| US
Retail Units |
4, 141
Wal-Mart Stores 971
Supercenters 2,447
SAM’S CLUBs 591
Neighborhood Market 132 |
| International
Retail Units |
3,065
| Country |
Retail Units |
Date of Entry |
| Mexico |
1,023 |
November 1991 |
| Puerto Rico |
54 |
August 1992 |
| Canada |
305 |
November 1994 |
| Argentina |
21 |
November 1995 |
| Brazil |
313 |
May 1995 |
| China(*) |
202 |
August 1996 |
| United Kingdom |
352 |
July 1999 |
| Japan |
394 |
March 2002 |
| Costa Rica |
149 |
September 2005 |
| El Salvador |
70 |
September 2005 |
| Guatemala |
145 |
September 2005 |
| Honduras |
47 |
September 2005 |
| Nicaragua |
46 |
September 2005 |
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(*) Inclues a 35% interest in Trust-Mart, which operates
101 stores in 34 cities in China |
| Company
History |
First Wal-Mart
Store opened in 1962 (Rogers, AR)
First SAM'S CLUB opened in 1983 (Midwest City, OK)
First Supercenter opened in 1988 (Washington, MO)
First International unit opened in 1991 (Mexico
City)
First Neighborhood Market opened in 1998 (Bentonville,
AR)
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| Company
Trade Territory |
Wal-Mart serves
more than 176 million customers weekly in 14 countries
worldwide including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China,
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom
and United States. |
| Sales |
FYE 1/31/07:
$344.9 billion |
| Total
Associates |
United States – more
than 1.36 million
Internationally --more than 550,000
Total Associates--more than 1.9 million worldwide
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