It’s hard to fathom how giant and pervasive the world’s biggest retailer is. The company’s workforce is almost the size of the Chinese army.
The Associated Press
1. Walmart brought in $476 billion for revenue in the year that ended Jan. 31, 2014, topping Exxon Mobil in the Fortune 500 for a second year. That's more than the combined annual revenues of Apple, Target, Amazon, Coca-Cola, Macy's, and Walt Disney Co.
2. Assuming Walmart stores operated 24 hours a day year-round, that would be $54.3 million in revenue per hour, or 6.2 million 10-packs of Wal-Mart's Fruit of the Loom men's socks an hour.
3. Its net profit, after paying preferred dividends, was around $16 billion last year. Gap made about that just in sales across its namesake, Old Navy, and Banana Republic chains worldwide.
4. Four of the 10 richest Americans are Walton family members. They're worth more than $30 billion each, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
5. Jim, Rob and Alice Walton are the children of Walmart founder Sam Walton, while Christy Walton — the world's richest woman — is the widow of their brother, who died in 2005. Their total net worth, in the ballpark of $140 billion, is roughly equivalent to the combined net worth of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, as per the same Bloomberg index.
6. As of 2012, six of the Waltons held more wealth than the bottom 40% of Americans.
Left to right: Jim Walton, Alice Walton and Rob Walton
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7. Walmart estimates it brings in about 18% of total U.S. food stamp outlays, according to the Wall Street Journal. That amounted to around $13 billion in sales last year; ironically, in some states, the company is said to have the most employees on food stamps.
8. Walmart says it drew almost 140 million shoppers a week to its U.S. stores last year. That's equivalent to about 44% of the American population.
9. There are around 4,233 Walmart stores in the U.S., more than double the number of Targets, along with 635 Sam's Clubs. To put that in perspective, recent company filings show there are about 379 Whole Foods, 420 Apple stores and 1,968 Best Buys, total.
10. There are actually even more Walmart International locations — 6,107 as of Jan. 31, with more than one-third in Mexico. But more than 90% of its international stores operate under names other than Walmart, such as Bodega Aurrera, Trust-Mart Hypermarket and Todo Dia.
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