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HOW BIG IS WAL-MART?

Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:00 pm
by Warmsoul/Jeanie13
HOW BIG IS WAL-MART?

This should boggle your mind!! And scare you as well!

HOW BIG IS WAL-MART?

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

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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.

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Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private employer. And most can't speak English.

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Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World.

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Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.

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During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains sought bankruptcy (including Winn-Dixie).

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Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.

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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 5 years ago.

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This year, 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at a Wal-Mart store. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 billion.)

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

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Let Wal-Mart bail out Wall Street!

Warmie 8)