Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is the world's largest corporation and is the largest retailer in the world. For more information see the main article: Wal-Mart
Included in parenthesis is the total number of units as of January 31, 2005
United States
- Wal-Mart Stores USA Division (3,151)
- Wal-Mart Discount Stores (1,353)
- Wal-Mart Supercenters (1,713)
- Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets (85)
- Walmart.com
- Sam's Club Division (551)
- Logistics (Includes Wal-Mart Transportation, LLC) (99 Distribution Centers/Transportation Offices)
- Wal-Mart Realty
- Wal-Mart Vacations
- Claims Management, Inc.
International
- Argentina
- Wal-Mart Supercenter (11)
- Brazil (149 total units)
- Wal-Mart Supercenter (17)
- Sam's Club (12)
- Todo Dias & Bompreco (120)
- Canada (262)
- Wal-Mart Stores (256)
- Sam's Club (6)
- China (43)
- Wal-Mart Supercenter (38)
- Sam's Club (3)
- Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market (2)
- Germany
- Wal-Mart Supercenter (91)
- Japan (403)
- South Korea
- Wal-Mart Supercenter (16)
- Mexico (679)
- Sam's Club (61)
- Wal-Mart Supercenter (89)
- Bodega Aurrera (supermarket) (162)
- Superama (supermarket) (48)
- Suburbia (apparel stores) (50)
- Vips (restaurants) (251 excluding franchises)
- Puerto Rico (54 total units)
- Wal-Mart Stores (9)
- Wal-Mart Supercenters (4)
- Sam's Club (9)
- Supermercados Amigo (32)
- United Kingdom
- ASDA (272 total units)
- ASDA Stores (256)
- ASDA Supercenters (19)
- GEORGE apparel stores (7)
ASDA in the UK is the largest of the international businesses, accounting for around half of Wal-Mart's non-US sales as of 2005.
Acquisitions
- PACE Club Warehouses (merged into SAM'S CLUB)
- Woolco Canada (converted to Wal-Mart Discount Stores)
- ASDA (UK)
- Supermercados Amigo (PR)
- McLane Company (Sold to Berkshire Hathaway in 2003)
- The Seiyu, Ltd. (Japan, currently a 37.8% stake with an option to buy a majority stake in the future)
- Wertkauf hypermarkets (Germany)
- Interspar hypermarkets (Germany)
- Bompreco (Brazil)
- Walmart.com (started as a joint-venture, it has since been fully acquired and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wal-Mart)
- Cifra - Walmart's operations in Mexico started as Walmex, a joint venture between Cifra of Mexico and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Cifra later bought the remainder of Walmex, changed its name to Walmex, and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. purchased a majority stake. Walmex is now known as Walmart de Mexico, and is independently traded on the Mexican stock exchange.
(others in the US to be posted..)
Former Operations
- Hypermart*USA (joint venture, prototype store that led to Supercenters)
- Bud's Discount City
- dot Discount Drugs
- Helen's Arts and Crafts
- Save-Co Home Improvement Center
- OneSource nutrition centers
- McLane Company (acquired in 1990, sold to Berkshire Hathaway in 2003)
See also
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Last updated: 07-29-2005 22:13:58
