walmart facts you won't believe

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walmart facts you won't believe
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wissaboo	Thu Feb 7, 2013 1:19 pm Post #1
Posts: 25,676 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 16, 2005	some of these are pretty amazing One of every four dollars Americans spend on groceries is spent at Walmart. Source: Otherwords.org If Walmart were an army, it would have the second largest military in the world, behind China. In 2000, Walmart was sued 4,851 times, or about once every 2 hours. 90 percent of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Walmart. Walmart is bigger than Home Depot, Kroger, Target, Sears, Costco, and K-Mart combined. The Walton family has given away about 2 percent of its net worth to charity. Bill Gates is giving away 48 percent of his net worth and Warren Buffet 78 percent of his net worth. Walmart has more employees worldwide - 2.2 million - than the population of Houston. The mega-retailer employs 1.4 million people in the U.S. alone. Each week, Walmart serves more than 200 million customers at more than 10,400 stores in 27 countries. China's exports to Walmart accounted for 11 percent of the growth of the total U.S. trade deficit with China between 2001 and 2006. In 2009, Walmart sold more bananas than any other item If Walmart's more than 900 million square feet of retail space were spread out over one place it would take up roughly 34 square miles, which is about 1.5 times the size of Manhattan. Walmart parking lots alone take up an area roughly the size of Tampa, Florida. An additional Walmart Supercenter per 100,000 residents increases average BMI (body mass index) by 0.25 units and the obesity rate by 2.4 percent. The most frequent destination typed into GPS device Telenav is Walmart Roughly 4,700 (about 90 percent) of international stores operate under a banner other than Walmart, including Walmex in Mexico, Asda in the UK, Seiyu in Japan, and Best Price in India. The average family of four spends over $4,000 a year at Walmart. In 2010, CEO Michael Duke's annual salary of $35 million earned him more in an hour than a full-time employee makes in an entire year. In fiscal year 2012, Walmart registered approximately $444 billion in sales, which is $20 billion more than Austria's GDP. If Walmart were a country, it would be the 26th largest economy in the world http://www.walletpop.ca/gallery/slideshow-walmart-facts-you-won-t-believe/5606438/



DATAWORF	Thu Feb 7, 2013 2:32 pm Post #2
I am not a pony Posts: 2,405 Group: 1000 post Angel Ent Member #6,072 Joined: June 4, 2012	Can I be a walmart CEO?!
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AWOLangel	Thu Feb 7, 2013 8:48 pm Post #3
Posts: 36,542 Group: DS9 Nirvana Member #25 Joined: January 17, 2006	the walton family may not give away much money, but they don't seem to be spending it on themselves either. every so often some story mentions how one or another of them is driving a 30 year old truck or something.
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VioletCloud	Thu Feb 7, 2013 9:07 pm Post #4
Water Tribe! Posts: 18,370 Group: Admin Member #1,331 Joined: October 14, 2007	yikes more reasons to dislike walmart..lol
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Lus	Fri Feb 8, 2013 2:35 am Post #5
Sherlock... I mean... KHANNNNNNN Posts: 25,544 Group: Vulcan Nirvana Member #14 Joined: November 18, 2005	On Asda signs it says "Part of the Walmart family" N'awww isn't that nice
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spocklet	Fri Feb 8, 2013 3:24 am Post #6
Live long and prosper.....!! Posts: 24,406 Group: VOY Nirvana Member #5,885 Joined: May 31, 2009	$444 billion in sales in one year......with those sales figures, I don't think all the jokes about 'Walmart people' is hurting the company one bit !!
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wissaboo	Fri Feb 8, 2013 8:16 am Post #7
Posts: 25,676 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 16, 2005	I found it amazing that their biggest seller is banannas



spocklet	Fri Feb 8, 2013 8:56 am Post #8
Live long and prosper.....!! Posts: 24,406 Group: VOY Nirvana Member #5,885 Joined: May 31, 2009	wissaboo Fri Feb 8, 2013 8:16 am I found it amazing that their biggest seller is banannas Well, they do say that money grows on trees......!!
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AWOLangel	Fri Feb 8, 2013 6:17 pm Post #9
Posts: 36,542 Group: DS9 Nirvana Member #25 Joined: January 17, 2006	wissaboo Fri Feb 8, 2013 8:16 am I found it amazing that their biggest seller is banannas if i had to guess i would've said TP or diapers or even pet food
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stigmata	Sat Feb 9, 2013 3:16 am Post #10
Posts: 1,750 Group: 1000 post Angel Ent Member #6,007 Joined: March 26, 2011	When you spend a dollar in a local store, about 60 cents of that remains circulating in the local community (in wages to employees, local taxes, business investment in the area). When you spent it in Walmart, about 15 cents remain.



wissaboo	Sat Feb 9, 2013 7:51 am Post #11
Posts: 25,676 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 16, 2005	I don't know about where you live, but where I live there aren't a whole lot of local stores when it comes to some sorts of items.



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