18 Facts About Walmart That Will Blow Your Mind
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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.<br />
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Photo: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1119_-_Hallstatt.JPG" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons, Andrew Bossi</a></p>
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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.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/6223558297/" target="_blank">Walmart Corporate & Financial Fact Sheet</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/6223558297/" target="_blank"> Photo: Flickr, jimmywayne</a></p>
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If Walmart were an army, it would have the second largest military in the world, behind China.<br />
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Photo: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:People%27s_Armed_Police_squad_2.JPG" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons, BrokenSphere</a></p>
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Walmart is bigger than Home Depot, Kroger, Target, Sears, Costco, and K-Mart combined.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/198379-12-incredible-wal-mart-stats" target="_blank">Seeking Alpha</a><br />
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Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/5313218644/" target="_blank">Flickr, Kevin Dooley</a></p>
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The average family of four spends over $4,000 a year at Walmart.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.otherwords.org/articles/50_years_of_gutting_americas_middle_class" target="_blank">Otherwords.org</a></p>
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Each week, Walmart serves more than 200 million customers at more than 10,400 stores in 27 countries.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://news.walmart.com/walmart-facts" target="_blank">Walmart Corporate & Financial Fact Sheet</a></p>
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One of every four dollars Americans spend on groceries is spent at Walmart.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.otherwords.org/articles/50_years_of_gutting_americas_middle_class" target="_blank">Otherwords.org</a><br />
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Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gkshots/2300501691/" target="_blank">Flickr, G.e.o.r.g.e</a></p>
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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.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/walmart-ceo-pay-hour-workers-year/story?id=11067470" target="_blank">ABC News</a></p>
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In 2009, Walmart sold more bananas than any other item.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://images.businessweek.com/ss/10/08/0812_popularity_index/17.htm" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a><br />
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Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinkmoose/3405647984/" target="_blank">Flickr, PinkMoose</a></p>
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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.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/ib235/" target="_blank">Economic Policy Institute</a><br />
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Photo: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shanghai_-_Nanjing_Road.jpeg" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons, Agnieszka Bojczuk</a></p>
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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.<br />
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Photo: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NYC_wideangle_south_from_Top_of_the_Rock.jpg" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons: Daniel Schwen</a></p>
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Walmart parking lots alone take up an area roughly the size of Tampa, Florida.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://walmartwatch.com/" target="_blank">Walmart Watch</a><br />
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Photo: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Walmart_5152_Canoga_Park.JPG" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons: Wt90401</a></p>
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In 2000, Walmart was sued 4,851 times, or about once every 2 hours.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2001/08/14/walmart-usat.htm" target="_blank">USA Today</a><br />
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Photo: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:American_judge.jpg " target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons, maveric2003</a></p>
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90 percent of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Walmart.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.businesspundit.com/stats-on-walmart/" target="_blank">Business Pundit</a></p>
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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.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.businesspundit.com/stats-on-walmart/" target="_blank">Business Pundit</a></p>
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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.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1263316" target="_blank">SSRN</a></p>
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The most frequent destination typed into GPS device Telenav is Walmart.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.wirelessandmobilenews.com/2010/03/walmart-most-popular-los-angeles-most-traffic-re-routing-and-routing-says-telenav.html" target="_blank">Wireless and Mobile News</a><br />
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Photo: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wal-Mart_in_Orangeburg_SC.jpg" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons, Attitude2000</a></p>
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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.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://walmartstores.com/download/4993.pdf" target="_blank">Walmart Corporate & Financial Fact Sheet</a></p>
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