Friday, May 4, 2007

Did You Know . . . . .?

I recently received this in an email.

All I can say is WOW!!!!

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HOW BIG IS WAL-MART?


This outta boggle your mind!! HOW BIG IS WAL-MART?

1 . At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour of every day.

2 . This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!

3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target
sells all year.

4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco
+ K-Mart combined.

5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the
largest private employer.

6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the
history of the World.

7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger &
Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.

8. During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains sought bankruptcy
(including Winn-Dixie).

9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other
store in the world.

10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of
which 1,906 are SuperCenters; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 years
ago.

11. This year, 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur
at a Wal-Mart store. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 billion).

12. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart.

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