Daily Numbers: Wall Smart
From a good friend come these revelations:
1. At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour of every day. 2. 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. 5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private employer. 6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World. 7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years. 8. During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains sought bankruptcy (including Winn-Dixie). 9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world. 10. 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. 11. This year, 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at a Wal- Mart store. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 billion). 12. 90% of Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart.
4 comments:
David,
Wal-Mart is a private company that generates wealth.
You noted that 1.6 Million people work for Wal-Mart. Assuming that these are all Americans, that works out to about 0.533% of the overall U.S. population works for them.
Here in Canada, what percentage of the population works for some branch of the government?
Need I say more?
Robert
Absolutely.
Believe me, I was not criticising Wal-Mart. I just think the numbers are astonishing. We should all be so smart.
D.
Interesting numbers. I goes to show you, if you let people make their own choice, they certainly will.
Wal-Mart has been good for the consumer, however many environmentalists hate Wal-Mart. Except the "greatest" environmentalist of them all, Al Gore.
I generally try to avoid purchasing goods made in China. Wal-Mart is chock full of them. I also try to support small, local retailers, as long as their prices aren't insanely expensive. Most people do not share such sentiments or if they do, they have a big nose ring, unwashed dreadlock laden hair and their first, middle, or last name is 'Sunshine'. Clearly not the crowd that I hang with!
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