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 debuts in-store clinics in Maine
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Retailers Take Steps to Tame the Black Friday Crowds
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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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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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News & Analysis
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Best Buy Beats Walmart's Laptop Price, Computer War Looms
BNET
- 2009-11-10
Still, as we noted in an earlier post about Walmart's recent promotions, Eduardo Castro-Wright, the company's vice chairman, promised that the company would not be undersold this holiday season. Could a $248 Walmart computer be on the way? by Mike Duff
Wal-Mart Does Not Save Families $3,100 a Year
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-11-10
Felix Salmon submits: Jim Ledbetter, it’s very easy to avoid getting into idiotic arguments with Dennis Kneale on CNBC: just stop going on CNBC. But at the same time, it’s worth pushing back much more on the ludicrous claim that Wal-Mart WMT saves the average American family $3,100 a...
The Good and Bad of Wal-Mart
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-11-10
Karl Smith submits: Felix Salmon says: it’s only Ledbetter himself — and CNBC — who is saying that Wal-Mart WMT is claiming to save the average American family $3,100 a year. If you look closely at the report, it never actually says that. Instead, Global...
At Walmart, Christmas Ads Began on Nov. 1
BNET
- 2009-11-09
It's still T-shirt-and-shorts sunny across much of the nation even in the Northeast, but at Walmart WMT the weather outside is frightful and fire inside's delightful, so they're letting it snow -- with Christmas advertising. by Jim Edwards
Retailers in Focus as Earnings Season Wraps Up
Reuters
- 2009-11-09
By Caroline ValetkevitchNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. retailers are poised to defy gloom this week as earnings expectations have improved, but the big test will be what they say about holiday shopping.Earnings estimates for Standard & Poor's 500 retailers have headed higher in recent weeks, some after October same-store sales...
Asda reports flat profit for 2008
BNET
- 2009-11-09
Monday, 09 November 2009 Asda posted a 2.3% year-on-year fall in pre-tax profit to £520.4m in 2008 on sales of £18.57bn (£16.7bn 2007), according to accounts filed at Companies House.It also emerged that US parent Wal-mart "sold" Asda to Corinth Services, a Wal-mart group company, for £6.9bn as part of...
Walmart Makes New Run at Amazon, but Tackles Best Buy and Supermarkets, too
BNET
- 2009-11-09
Walmart is taking on all comers as Thanksgiving approaches with discounts that again challenge Amazon but Best Buy and supermarkets as well. Vice chairman Eduardo Castro-Wright said Walmart WMT would not be beaten on price this Christmas season, and the retailer is out to prove him true....
Stocks Eye Retailers as Jobless Ranks Grow
Reuters
- 2009-11-08
By Edward KrudyNEW YORK (Reuters) - As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer.Comments from Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT, the world's largest retailer, as well as from a host of...
Stocks Eye Retailers as Jobless Ranks Swell
Reuters
- 2009-11-06
By Edward KrudyNEW YORK (Reuters) - As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer.Comments from Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT, the world's largest retailer, as well as from a host of...
Faced with Walmart and History, Retailers Can't Avoid Deep Holiday Discounts
BNET
- 2009-11-05
With 70 percent off signs still haunting the nightmares of many retail executives, consumers are dreaming of how far they can make their dollars stretch in the holidays. by Mike Duff
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