The World of Wal-Mart

Fun facts and figures about Wal-Mart. The folks at the Cat in the Bag blog suggest Wal-Mart should be asked to bail out the auto industry. Here's why:

1. At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour of every day.

2. That breaks down to $20,928 profit every minuted!

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 employees cannot 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. Remember, they have been selling food for only 15 years.

8. During this same 15 years, 31 supermarket chains have 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 United States, 1,906 of which are Supercenters. This represents 1,000 more than Wal-Mart had five years ago.

11. This year, 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at a Wal-Mart store. (Consider that there are only 6.5 billion people in the entire world.)

12. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart.


[Kudos to "Zoey and Me" at Cat in the Bag.]