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How Big Is Wal-Mart

Here are some 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 approximately 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; 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!

 

 

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Date Site Last Updated: 6th August 2011