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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) is in the Retail Industry
- Revenue
- Jan 31 2008
- $378.7B
- Profit
- Jan 31 2008
- $12.7B
- Market Cap
- May 09 2008
- $226.1B
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Asda Shows Strong Growth
By Rachel Sanderson LONDON (Reuters UK) - Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) said on Tuesday Asda had delivered a strong first quarter thanks to an increase in customer traffic driven by lower prices and discount campaigns. Like-for-like sales excluding petrol and stripping out an early Easter and...
Stock Futures Lower on Banks, Wal-Mart
By Kristina Cooke NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Tuesday after Oppenheimer & Co slashed its price targets on a number of brokerages and on concern about Wal-Mart Stores Inc's (WMT) outlook. A number of Federal Reserve speakers will be...
Wal-Mart Profit Up, But Shares Fall
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT), the world's largest retailer, reported a 7 percent rise in quarterly profit on Tuesday as discounts drew U.S. shoppers looking for bargains on necessities like food and pharmacy items. While Wal-Mart said the...
Wal-Mart Quarterly Profit Rises
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT), the world's largest retailer, reported higher quarterly profit on Tuesday as discounts drew U.S. shoppers looking for bargains on necessities like food and pharmacy items. Net income rose to $3.02 billion, or 76 cents per...
So You Want to Negotiate with Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart is the kind of partner-distributor that can put your products on the map, not to mention in the black. But if you are lucky enough to land an agreement with the world's largest retailer, your work is only beginning. Now you have to negotiate terms, The...
Teen Shopping Buoys Same-store Sales
By Alexandria Sage LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Teen retailers in the United States proved a bright spot in April, as young men and women bucked the recent consumer saving trend affecting the apparel industry to shop and spend as the weather warmed up....
Shoppers Went For Bargains in April Rebound
By Justin Grant NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retail sales rebounded in April after the worst March in 13 years, as warmer weather boosted demand for spring and summer apparel, while most discounters shined as cash-strapped consumers hunted for bargains. April sales at U.S....
Wal-Mart, Target Issue Tepid May Sales Views
By Nicole Maestri NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT) on Thursday reported a better-than-expected 3.2 percent rise in April sales at U.S. stores open at least a year, boosted by demand for basic items like groceries and medicine. But the world's...
Wal-Mart to Cash Tax Rebate Checks For Free
By Nicole Maestri NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT) on Tuesday unveiled its plans to entice U.S. shoppers to spend their tax rebates in its discount stores, offering to cash the checks for free and saying it has cut prices on...
Vietnam Seeks to Calm Rice-buying Binge
By Grant McCool HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) - Vietnam moved to quell panic over rice supplies on Monday, banning speculation in the market after a "chaotic" buying binge at the weekend highlighted growing global fears about food security. Queues and empty shelves...
OFT Raids Supermarkets and Suppliers
By Dan Lalor LONDON (Reuters UK) - Sainsbury (SBRY) said on Sunday it had been visited by officials from the consumer affairs watchdog, after a report of a widespread inquiry into alleged price fixing by supermarket operators and suppliers. The Sunday Telegraph newspaper said the Office...
Tobacco Firms Probed Over Price Fixing
By Dan Lalor LONDON (Reuters UK) - Tobacco companies and retailers, including all big four supermarket chains, were accused by the consumer affairs watchdog on Friday of fixing prices on cigarettes between 2000 and 2003. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said it had named two...
Amazon's Pricing Means Lower Margins, Share Drop
By Alexandria Sage LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) warned on Wednesday that profit margins would narrow in 2008 as it kept prices in check, sending its shares down 5 percent, even as quarterly results topped Wall Street targets and the Web...
Carter's Shares Plunge After Weak Outlook
By Swagata Gupta BANGALORE (Reuters) - Children's clothing retailer Carter's Inc (CRI) cut its 2008 earnings outlook as it sees continued weakness in its OshKosh retail stores and consumer spending, sending its shares down to their lowest in more than three ...
M&S Says India More Significant Market Than China
By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Reuters UK) - Marks and Spencer (M&S) (MKS) aims to step up the pace in India with its new joint venture with Reliance Retail and says it expects the fast-growing market to be more significant than China. M&S, which expects its international...
Brambles Faces Wal-Mart Worries
Brambles Ltd says investors have dramatically over-reacted to news that it major US customer, Wal-Mart, is reviewing its pallet arrangements with the logistics firm.Brambles shares fell almost 15 per cent in morning trading due to uncertainty about the financial impact of the announcement on the company.Chief executive Mike Ihlein...
Rules of Innovation From a Wal-Mart Pro
Rules of Innovation From a Wal-Mart ProInner Road Blocks!Innovation is a corporate culture that unless adopted, can be quickly squelched by middle management before it's even presented to upper management. It's a delicate process to politically maneuver around those road blocks, without putting your career on-the-line. But, No...
Rules of Innovation From a Wal-Mart Pro
A Wal-Mart manager shares four crucial steps for launching new projects within a big corporation. 1. Exploit Your Company’s Competitive Advantages “You really need to know how...
How to Manage the Media
For too long, American CEOs have operated with a policy of benign neglect toward the media. But recent CEO downfalls and PR disasters prove that strategy no longer works. To survive in the current media environment, here's how smart chief execs are making PR part of corporate strategy. ...
How Wal-Mart Got It Wrong with Plan B
How Wal-Mart Got It Wrong with Plan BInfanticideWhat the author conveniently neglects to mention is the way Plan B results in the death of the child after conception has occurred. Plan be does not necessarily prevent a pregnancy. More likely, Plan B terminates a pregnancy. To those...
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- Incorporated: 1969
- CEO: Mr. H. Lee Scott Jr.
Wal-Mart Stores operates in three business segments: Wal-Mart Stores, Sam's Club and International. Co.'s Wal-Mart Stores retail formats include: Supercenters, Discount Stores and Neighbourhood Markets. Co.'s Sam's Club segment consists of membership warehouse clubs, which operate in the U.S., and the segment's online retail format, samsclub.com. As of Jan 31 2008, Co.'s International segment consisted of retail operations in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, and the U.K. As of Jan 31 2008, Co. operated 971 discount stores, 2,447 supercenters, 591 Sam's Clubs and 132 Neighborhood Markets in the U.S.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. S. Robson Walton
Chairman
Mr. H. Lee Scott Jr.
Mr. Jim C. Walton
Mr. Christopher J. Williams
Ms. Linda S. Wolf
Ms. Aida M. Alvarez
Mr. James W. Breyer
Ms. M. Michele Burns
Dr. James I. Cash Jr., Ph.
Mr. Roger C. Corbett
Mr. Douglas N. Daft
Mr. David D. Glass
Mr. Allen I. Questrom
Contact Information
702 S.W. Eighth Street
Bentonville, AR
479 273-4000
NAICS Code
All Other General Merchandise Stores: 452990
