Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Wal-Mart Facts

1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at
Wal-Mart 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, is the world's largest private employer, and most speak
English.

6.. Wal-Mart is the largest company in
the history of the world.

7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than
Kroger and Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only
fifteen years.

8. During this same period, 31 big
supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.

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 Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than
it had five years ago.

11. This year 7.2 billion different
purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's
population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)

12. 90% of all Americans live within
fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.

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