The Wal-Mart division’s sales for the four-week period were $10.535 billion, up 15.2 percent over sales of $9.148 billion in the similar prior-year period.

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported net sales for the four-week period ending Aug. 31, 2001, of $16.531 billion, an increase of 14.3 percent over the $14.457 billion in the similar period in the prior year. Sales for the 30-week period were $119.325 billion, an increase of 13.2 percent over the $105.407 billion in the similar period in the prior year.


The Wal-Mart division’s sales for the four-week period were $10.535 billion, up 15.2 percent over sales of $9.148 billion in the similar prior-year period. The division’s sales for the 30 weeks of $75.741 billion were up 13.3 percent over the $66.834 billion in the similar prior-year period.


SAM’S CLUB sales for the four-week period were $2.231 billion, up 10.6 percent over sales of $2.017 billion in the similar prior-year period. Club sales for the 30 weeks of $16.143 billion were up 9.0 percent over the $14.805 billion in the similar prior-year period.


Comparable sales for the periods ending Aug. 31, 2001, were as follows:

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  4 Weeks 30 Weeks
  This Year Last Year This Year Last Year

Wal-Mart

 7.2% 5.7% 5.4% 6.5%
SAM’S CLUB 6.1% 6.2% 5.8% 5.8%
Total Company 7.0% 5.8% 5.4% 6.4%


As of Aug. 31, 2001, the company had 1,657 Wal-Mart stores, 1,016 Supercenters, 486 SAM’S CLUBS and 25 Neighborhood Markets in the United States. Internationally, the company operated units in Argentina (11), Brazil (21), Canada (179), China (14), Germany (93), Korea (7), Mexico (522), Puerto Rico (17) and United Kingdom (246). Wal-Mart employs more than 962,000 associates in the U.S. and 282,000 internationally. Its securities are listed on the New York and Pacific stock exchanges.