Walmart (NYSE:WMT) announced quarterly earnings. The major retailer reported a net income of $0.97 per share on revenue of $109.5 billion. Analysts were expecting a profit of $0.98 per share on revenue of $108.86 billion.
Everyone knows Walmart is an impossibly large global corporation intent on world domination.
So just how big is the multinational discount retailer?
- Walmart has more employees
Walmart has more employees — 2.1 million — than seven times the population of Iceland.
- Walmart Sales
In 2011, Walmart registered $419 billion in sales — $7 billion more than Norway's 2010 GPD. If Walmart were a country, it would be the 25th largest economy in the world.
- International stores
Roughly 4,700 (about 90%) 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.
- Walmart retail outlets
Each week, Walmart serves more than 200 million customers at more than 9,600 retail outlets in 28 countries.
- CEO Michael Duke's annual salary
In 2010, CEO Michael Duke's annual salary of $35 million earned him more in an hour than his employees earned in an entire year working for $8.75/hour.
- Walmart sold bananas
In 2009, Walmart sold more bananas than any other item.
- China's exports to Walmart
China's exports to Walmart accounted for 11% of the growth of the total U.S. trade deficit with China between 2001 and 2006.
- Largest private employers
Walmart is one of the largest private employers in the USA, and the largest in Mexico.
- Walmart space spread
If Walmart's more than 900 million square feet of retail space were spread out over one place it would take up roughly 34 miles — about 1.5 times the size of Manhattan.
- Walmart parking lot
Walmart parking lots alone take up roughly the size of Tampa, Florida.
- Walmart Legal Suits
In 2000, Walmart was sued 4,851 times — about once every 2 hours.
- Americans live withing Walmart
90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Walmart.
- The Walton family's Charity
The Walton family has given away about 2% of its net worth to charity — Bill Gates is giving away 48% of his net worth and Warren Buffet 78% of his net worth.
- Walmart Supercenters's affect on obesity rate
An additional Walmart Supercenter per 100,000 residents increases average BMI by 0.25 units and the obesity rate by 2.4%.
- most frequent destination
The most frequent destination typed into GPS device Telenav is Walmart.
- Walmart store in Shenzen
A Walmart store in Shenzen, China has its own fight song ("My heart is filled with pride .. I long to tell you how deep my love for Wal-Mart is ...")
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