Friday, January 30, 2009

How Big Is 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. And most can't speak English
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 is approximately 6.5 billion.)
12. 90% of all Americans live Within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart
13 Let Wal Mart bail out Wall Street

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