Some stats about Wal-Mart

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EJ Fonacier

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Nov 28, 2010, 2:27:42 PM11/28/10
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Wal-Mart operates 8,000 stores across three business segments of
retail stores worldwide that offer a wide array of general merchandise
including groceries, apparel, electronics, and small appliances. In
addition, the company is the world's largest retailer and grocery
chain by sales and just over half of the company's sales comes from
grocery items.

Over 54% of the company's stores are located in the United States

Wal-Mart's main customer base has an average annual income of $35,000,
versus the overall U.S. median of $50,303

Source:
http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Wal-Mart_(WMT)

EJ Fonacier

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Nov 28, 2010, 2:38:11 PM11/28/10
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., (NYSE: WMT) serves customers and members more
than 200 million times per week at more than 8,600 retail units under
59 different banners in 15 countries. With fiscal year 2010 sales of
$405 billion, Walmart employs more than two million associates
worldwide. A leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and
employment opportunity, Walmart ranked first among retailers in
Fortune magazine's 2010 Most Admired Companies survey.

Source:
http://walmartstores.com/

rahul vaswani

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Dec 1, 2010, 8:35:45 AM12/1/10
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more stats bout walmart:
Each week, about 100 million customers, nearly one-third of the U.S. population, visit Walmart's U.S. stores.
 
just in case if he wants to ask more specific ques bout cust base..
 
also some of the ques he asked last yr.

1 which category of user in target market..

2 how many user have you targeted in 2011 and wt revenue are u expecting?

 

thnk u 



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