BNET Industries
Market Cap:$209.3B
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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2nd UPDATE: Two Chiefs Leaving Wal-Mart International Operations
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PetSmart Q3 Profit Rises; Guides Q4
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Will Housing Retailers Ever Turn Around?
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Wal-Mart Sees Departures Of Two Top International Executives
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BlackBerry Bold 2 Price Slashed at Wal-Mart
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Web site boosts retailers in Eastern Connecticut
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Monday Morning Outlook: Taking Another Run At 1,100 on the SPX
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Recovery latest hurdle for Wal-Mart
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Ahead Of Wal-Mart Stores' Q3 Results
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Wal-Mart opens walk-in health clinic in Maine
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Retailers instituting crowd control
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Wal-Mart's Scott Joins Equity Firm
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Walmart and CARE Launch New Initiative to Empower Marginalized Women in India
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Black Friday - Lessons Learned
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Police Log, Nov. 7
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Arkansas personal income rises to No. 46
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Minority computer supplier lands major deal with Walmart (117)
News & Analysis
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When Walmart Comes to Town, Other Retailers Self Destruct
BNET
- 2009-11-20
Walmart really didn’t need a study coming out that says it hurts local businesses when it enters a market but what the retailer might not have needed is something it might be able to use. Walmart WMT scrutiny has been raised a notch because of last year’s...
Wal-Mart Is Crushing the Competition
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-11-19
Andrew Horowitz submits: Wal-Mart WMT has become more aggressive than ever, looking to take market share assuming there is viable competition after this move during this holiday shopping season. Dropping prices on key goods and expanding their product offerings were just the start. Now they have started to slash...
The New Normal Won't Emerge as a Walmart World
BNET
- 2009-11-17
The normal is upon us, but will the new normal be a Walmart world? A whole series of posts in this blog have discussed the recent Walmart WMT analyst meeting, and only covered the first 90 minutes of a two-day event and just detailed what the company...
Target profit climbs 18 pct on lower costs
BNET
- 2009-11-17
CHICAGO - Target Corp.'s third-quarter profit climbed 18 percent, the cheap chic retailer said Tuesday, as it cut costs and did better in its credit-card business. Still, it offered a conservative outlook for the holidays. The low-price chain, which has been locked in a discounting fight with competitor Wal-Mart Stores...
Time to Go to Cash... Or Is It?
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-11-17
In recent months, we've heard a refrain from some professional investors that it's "time to go to cash". The premise is that the Market has gone too far too fast amidst a still struggling economy and is now set for a major decline this week, or next week, or the...
Target Profit Up, Cautious on Holiday
Reuters
- 2009-11-17
By Nicole MaestriSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Target Corp TGT reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, but remained cautious about the fourth quarter given a budding holiday season price war.Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT is slashing prices every week until Christmas, and not to be outdone by its much larger rival,...
Soros' Holdings Increase, Takes Stake in Ford
Reuters
- 2009-11-17
BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros' hedge fund reported holdings of $6.2 billion during the third quarter, an increase of $2 billion, after taking a stake in automaker Ford and boosting his holdings in communications services stocks.According to a regulatory filing on Monday Soros Fund Management took a 7.3...
Berkshire Buys Nestle, Exxon; Ups Wal-Mart Stake
BNET
- 2009-11-17
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc BRKaBRKb revealed on Monday new investments in Nestle AG NESNNSRGY and Exxon Mobil Corp XOM, respectively the world's largest food maker and oil company, and that it has nearly doubled its investment in Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT, the world's largest...
Berkshire Buys Nestle, Exxon; Ups Wal-Mart Stake
Reuters
- 2009-11-16
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc BRKaBRKb on Monday revealed new investments in Nestle AG NESN NSRGY and Exxon Mobil Corp XOM and that it has nearly doubled its investment in Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT.In a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing reporting U.S.-listed...
Debenhams to Hold Pre-Christmas Sale
ReutersUK
- 2009-11-16
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Department store group Debenhams DEB announced a four-day sale starting on November 18 in a move which it predicts could spark a price war reminiscent of the frenzied discounting in the run-up to last Christmas.Debenhams said on Monday its price cuts would total 250 million pounds,...
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