BNET Industries
Market Cap:$201.7B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$378.7B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Headquartered in Bentonville AR, the world's largest retailer Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) employs about 1.9 million people in nearly 5,000 stores in 15 countries including the US, the UK, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, South Korea and Mexico. The Company generates $312 billion in sales. Wal-Mart operates under three different retail formats: Discount Store - Wal-Mart, Grocery and Drug store combo - Neighborhood Market and Super center - Sam's Club. Wal-Mart recently won a lawsuit in the California May-Carmen Bike Safety Case.
Number of Employees 2,100,000
Contact Information
702 SW Eighth Street
Bentonville, Arkansas 72716
(479) 273-4000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code All Other General Merchandise Stores: 452990
Recent Events
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Wal-Mart's Scott Joins Private-Equity Firm as Partner
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Walmart and CARE Launch New Initiative to Empower Marginalized Women in India
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Wal-Mart plans to open another 40 stores in India: minister
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Arkansas personal income rises to No. 46
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Minority computer supplier lands major deal with Walmart
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Walmart Announces Price Reductions On Thanksgiving Dinner Favorites, TVs And Other Popular Electronics
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Walmart and DreamWorks Animation Offer Exclusive Merry Madagascar DVD and Holiday Items in Walmart Stores
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Wal-Mart pays US$85m to settle workers' claims
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Market Report -- Short Stories WMT
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Deflation Threat Looms in Japan
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Suit Claims That Redbox Charges Late Fees Despite Promise Not to
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1 Bessemer Division approves AG King’s motion to dismiss DA’s suit; four other cases await...
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Owning Wal-Mart: Taking the Vito Corleone Approach
News & Analysis
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Kohl's Greens Up Its Image, and the Timing Couldn't Be Better
BNET
- 2009-11-04
With all that’s going on in the economy, the “new normal,†price wars, web wars and every other kind of initiative retailers are launching to chase the few dollars frugal consumers are spending, the amount of time, attention and money retailers are spending on sustainability seems amazing. ...
Energy Roundup: BP Drops Jatropha, Wal-Mart Eco Index, Climate Debate Fireworks and More
BNET
- 2009-07-17
BP leaves D1 Oils Jatropha biofuels venture -- D1 Oils has reached an agreement to buy BP's50 percent interest in D1-BP Fuel Crops Limited, a joint venture to plant Jatropha. Signs of BP's exit have been on the horizon since last month and will allow D1 to join its planting and...
Wal-Mart Touts Sustainability, but Food Lion Grows Green, too
BNET
- 2009-07-16
The store, in the town of Columbia, will not only be Food Lion’s but South Carolina's first LEED certified, or, in the more common reference, "green" grocery store, the company stated by Mike Duff
Food Roundup: Wal-Mart Sustainability Index, E. Coli Mystery and More
BNET
- 2009-07-14
Wal-Mart to measure sustainability of all products -- Wal-Mart has been developing a "sustainability index" to measure the environmental impact of every product it sells. The company isn't set to announce the project until Thursday, according to Marc Gunther of The Big Money, but he spoke with faculty at the...
What Makes a Retailer Green? Q&A With Greenopia
BNET
- 2009-04-30
What are the nation's most environmentally friendly retailers? Sustainability advocacy group Greenopia aims to let you know with its recently released list of greenest and not so green retailers. Here are a few highlights: IKEA won in the department-store category, Whole Foods headed up grocers and Patagonia won in apparel....
Kellogg's Diermeier: Social Responsibility a Must for Global Players
BNET
- 2009-04-29
In an era when corporate CEOs are regularly pilloried for their high paychecks and/or the undue risks their companies take, managers need to gain a grounding in the latest approaches in corporate social responsibility. Kellogg's Daniel Diermeier teaches the next generation of business leaders how to manage stakeholders,...
Whole Foods and Wal-Mart Execs Agree: We're Not Green
BNET
- 2008-06-23
Put a Wal-Mart guy and a Whole Foods guy on the same stage, to talk sustainability in Boulder, and what happens? Interesting things. by Lisa Everitt
Hydro Ottawa Recognizes Wal-Mart Canada for Local Sustainability Efforts.
- 2008-03-10
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Mar 10, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Wal-Mart Canada is doing more than just rolling back its prices; it's reducing its environmental footprint, too. Hydro Ottawa is applauding the company's local sustainability efforts, awarding OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Mar 10, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX --...
Wal-Mart Releases Sustainability Update
- 2007-11-15
To: RETAILING EDITORSTo: RETAILING EDITORS
Eco Wal-Mart costs marketers green; Retailer's sustainability demands could cut into profits of P&G, others.(News)
- 2007-10-01
Byline: JACK NEFF Byline: JACK NEFF
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