HOW BIG IS W AL - M A R T ?
Here're mind-boggling statistics on Wal-Mart!
1. At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour
of every day.
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St.
Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target
+ Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the
largest private employer.
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of
the World.
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway
combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.
8. During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains
sought bankruptcy (including Winn-Dixie).
9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in
the world.
10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of
which 1,906 are SuperCenters; this is 1,000 more than it had
5 years ago.
11. This year, 7.2 billion different purchasing
experiences will occur at a Wal-Mart store. (Earth's
population was approximately 6.5 billion shortly after noon
today).
12. 90% of Americans live within 15 miles of a
Wal-Mart.
