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Last Updated: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Total Company Data - October 2009
As of October 31, 2009 Retail Units Worldwide 8,222 US Retail Units 4,309
Walmart U.S. stores 810
Supercenters 2,737
Sam’s Clubs 605
Neighborhood Market 151
Marketside 4
Supermercado 2 International Retail Units 3,913 Company History
First Walmart opened in 1962 (Rogers, AR)
First Sam’s Club opened in 1983 (Midwest City, OK)
First Supercenter opened in 1988 (Washington, MO)
First International unit opened in 1991 (Mexico City)
First Neighborhood Market opened in 1998 (Bentonville, AR)
First Marketside stores opened in 2008 (Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa and Tempe, AZ)
First Supermercado store opened in 2009 (Houston, Texas) Company Trade Territory
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week at 8,100 retail units under 53 different banners in 15 countries.
Total Associates
United States – more than 1.4 million
Internationally -- 694,000
Total Associates -- more than 2 million worldwide Sales
For the second quarter FY 2009, $100.1 billion, a 1.4 percent decrease over the same period last year.
FYE 1/31/09: $401.2 billion, a 7.2 percent increase over the previous year
Community Involvement
In 2008, Walmart Stores, Inc. and its Foundation gave $378 million in cash and in-kind donations to benefit more than 4,000 U.S. communities. That is more than 7 million per week and an increase of $82 million over giving in 2007. Walmart operations outside of the U.S. increased their community support in 2008, donating $45.5 million, up from $41 million in 2007. Additionally, Walmart customers and associates donated $106 million through individual contributions and company-sponsored fundraisers around the world, bringing total 2008 giving to nearly $530 million.
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