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<blockquote data-quote="purplesky" data-source="post: 1214184" data-attributes="member: 23628"><p>By Ashley Lutz and Mike Nudelman, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/" target="_blank">Business Insider</a><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>Wal-Mart (<a href="http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/stock-price?symbol=wmt" target="_blank">WMT</a>) is America's biggest retailer. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>We <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/facts-about-wal-mart-to-blow-your-mind-2013-10" target="_blank">compiled some facts</a> about Wal-Mart that will blow your mind: </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>Wal-Mart averages a profit of $1.8 million every hour.</strong></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>35 million people shop at Wal-Mart every day, as much as the population of Canada.</strong></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>Wal-Mart's $316 billion U.S. retail sales exceed those of <strong>Kroger (<a href="http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/stock-price?symbol=kr" target="_blank">KR</a>), <strong>Target (<a href="http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/stock-price?symbol=tgt" target="_blank">TGT</a>), <strong>Costco (<a href="http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/stock-price?symbol=cost" target="_blank">COST</a>) and <strong>Walgreens (<a href="http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/stock-price?symbol=wag" target="_blank">WAG</a>) combined.</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>The average Wal-Mart supercenter sells 140,000 individual items.</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Wal-Mart opened between four and five new stores every week in 2012.</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>The Walton family is worth $150 billion, about as much as Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Michael Bloomberg combined.</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Wal-Mart commonly receives 25 applications for every open job.</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Between Wal-Mart's opening in 1962 and 2002, the number of single-store retailers in the U.S. declined 55%.</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Wal-Mart accounts for 25% of <strong>Clorox's (<a href="http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/stock-price?symbol=clx" target="_blank">CLX</a>) total sales.</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Wal-Mart's top-selling item in 2012 was the banana.</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>90% of Americans live within 15 minutes of a Wal-Mart.</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Wal-Mart's net sales were $466 billion in 2012. That's more than Argentina's GDP.</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Wal-Mart has 2.2 million employees, more than the population of Houston.</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>If Wal-Mart were a country, it would be the 26th largest economy in the world.</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><span style="color: #b22222">Walmart could easily pay their avg. worker $15.00hr and that would get thousands of Walmart workers off government welfare. </span> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>The Walmart family doesn't even pay income tax on their $150 billion fortune. </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>The American taxpayers have spent billions to help build those stores all across America.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Their profit is almost $2 million an hour. There is some wiggle room to give raises without raising their EVERYDAY LOW PRICES. </span><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="purplesky, post: 1214184, member: 23628"] By Ashley Lutz and Mike Nudelman, [URL="http://www.businessinsider.com/"]Business Insider[/URL][FONT=arial] [/FONT] [FONT=arial][FONT=arial][B]Wal-Mart ([URL="http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/stock-price?symbol=wmt"]WMT[/URL]) is America's biggest retailer. [/B][/FONT] [FONT=arial][B]We [URL="http://www.businessinsider.com/facts-about-wal-mart-to-blow-your-mind-2013-10"]compiled some facts[/URL] about Wal-Mart that will blow your mind: [/B][/FONT] [LIST] [*][B]Wal-Mart averages a profit of $1.8 million every hour.[/B] [/LIST] [/FONT] [FONT=arial] [LIST] [*][B]35 million people shop at Wal-Mart every day, as much as the population of Canada.[/B] [/LIST] [/FONT] [FONT=arial] [LIST] [*][B]Wal-Mart's $316 billion U.S. retail sales exceed those of [B]Kroger ([URL="http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/stock-price?symbol=kr"]KR[/URL]), [B]Target ([URL="http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/stock-price?symbol=tgt"]TGT[/URL]), [B]Costco ([URL="http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/stock-price?symbol=cost"]COST[/URL]) and [B]Walgreens ([URL="http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/stock-price?symbol=wag"]WAG[/URL]) combined.[/B][/B][/B][/B][/B] [/LIST] [/FONT] [FONT=arial] [LIST] [*][B][B][B][B][B]The average Wal-Mart supercenter sells 140,000 individual items.[/B][/B][/B][/B][/B] [/LIST] [/FONT] [FONT=arial] [LIST] [*][B][B][B][B][B]Wal-Mart opened between four and five new stores every week in 2012.[/B][/B][/B][/B][/B] [/LIST] [/FONT] [FONT=arial] [LIST] [*][B][B][B][B][B]The Walton family is worth $150 billion, about as much as Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Michael Bloomberg combined.[/B][/B][/B][/B][/B] [/LIST] [/FONT] [FONT=arial] [LIST] [*][B][B][B][B][B]Wal-Mart commonly receives 25 applications for every open job.[/B][/B][/B][/B][/B] [/LIST] [/FONT] [FONT=arial] [LIST] [*][B][B][B][B][B]Between Wal-Mart's opening in 1962 and 2002, the number of single-store retailers in the U.S. declined 55%.[/B][/B][/B][/B][/B] [/LIST] [/FONT] [FONT=arial] [LIST] [*][B][B][B][B][B]Wal-Mart accounts for 25% of [B]Clorox's ([URL="http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/stock-price?symbol=clx"]CLX[/URL]) total sales.[/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B] [/LIST] [/FONT] [FONT=arial] [LIST] [*][B][B][B][B][B][B]Wal-Mart's top-selling item in 2012 was the banana.[/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B] [/LIST] [/FONT] [FONT=arial] [LIST] [*][B][B][B][B][B][B]90% of Americans live within 15 minutes of a Wal-Mart.[/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B] [/LIST] [/FONT] [FONT=arial] [LIST] [*][B][B][B][B][B][B]Wal-Mart's net sales were $466 billion in 2012. That's more than Argentina's GDP.[/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B] [/LIST] [/FONT] [FONT=arial] [LIST] [*][B][B][B][B][B][B]Wal-Mart has 2.2 million employees, more than the population of Houston.[/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B] [/LIST] [/FONT] [FONT=arial] [LIST] [*][B][B][B][B][B][B]If Wal-Mart were a country, it would be the 26th largest economy in the world.[/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B] [/LIST] [B][COLOR=#b22222]Walmart could easily pay their avg. worker $15.00hr and that would get thousands of Walmart workers off government welfare. [/COLOR] The Walmart family doesn't even pay income tax on their $150 billion fortune. The American taxpayers have spent billions to help build those stores all across America. [/B] [/FONT] [COLOR=#ff0000]Their profit is almost $2 million an hour. There is some wiggle room to give raises without raising their EVERYDAY LOW PRICES. [/COLOR]:wink2: [/QUOTE]
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