what is wal mart? I hear so much about it but dont know what it is! where can i find one?
2006-07-26 06:36:04 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
Wal-Mart is a world-wide store that has EVERYTHING you need! It's like the perfect store ever!
2006-07-26 06:39:53 · answer #1 · answered by charmed_ones_lover 4 · 2⤊ 7⤋
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is a U.S. public corporation, founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and first incorporated on October 31, 1969, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. It is the largest retailer in the world and the second largest corporation in the world based on revenue as of 2006.[1] For the fiscal year ending January 31, 2006, Wal-Mart reported net income of $11.2 billion on $316 billion of sales revenue (3.5% profit margin).[2] It is the largest private employer in the United States, Mexico and Canada, and holds an 8.9 percent retail store market share, with $8.90 out of every $100 spent in U.S. retail stores being spent at Wal-Mart.[2] It is also the largest grocery retailer in the U.S., with an estimated 20 percent of the retail grocery and consumables business,[3] and is also the largest toy seller in the U.S., with an estimated 22 percent of the retail toy business, having surpassed Toys 'R' Us in the late 1990s.[4]
2006-07-26 13:39:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
Wal-Mart is the BIGGEST RETAILER IN THE WORLD. They're bigger than General Motors and Microsoft put together. No kidding.
They buy cheap stuff from China, sell it at low prices in the U.S., and pay poverty-level wages. They drive local stores out of business and contribute next to nothing to the tax base, which must fund schools, police, fire departments, etc. They bust up any attempt to unionize their workers and they price their health plan so that many employees can't afford it. They're bad, bad, bad.
Check out the documentary by Robert Greenwald, "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price."
2006-07-28 01:39:58 · answer #3 · answered by mistersato 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Where do you live? If you live in the US, you can go to www.walmart.com, and there is a store locator. You just type in your zip code, and it tells you where there is a Wal-Mart, and it also offers directions.
2006-07-26 22:21:40 · answer #4 · answered by Tessa ♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wal Mart is a store, they are basically everywhere =]
2006-07-26 13:42:23 · answer #5 · answered by AB &♥; 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
ok you're weird if you haven't at least seen a wal mart!
anyway wal mart is a super store where you can buy pretty much everything from groceries to clothes and art supplies to gold fish.
though in my opion you're better off not knowing!
2006-07-26 13:50:08 · answer #6 · answered by si. 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
okay....and where are you from. Walmart is kinda like a Target, Costco, or Sams.They have anything you need, especially Super Wal-Mart
2006-07-26 13:39:48 · answer #7 · answered by kelynn1985 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
A very large chain of stores where you can buy pretty much anything you can think of, like Target or K-Mart
2006-07-26 13:39:31 · answer #8 · answered by TRUcocoNUTT 2 · 4⤊ 3⤋
1st, what's your location?...that will determine if there's a walmart in your vicinity. I know they don't have them in some parts of the world.
2006-07-26 13:41:01 · answer #9 · answered by Mz Bee 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
are you nuts? you've never heard of wal mart or seen one????
2006-07-26 13:39:07 · answer #10 · answered by krisj38 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋