The Wal-Mart division’s sales for the four-week period were $10.100 billion, up 14.5 percent over sales of $8.823 billion in the similar prior-year period.







Company Profile:

Wal-Mart




Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported net sales for the four-week period ending August 3, 2001 of $16.023 billion, an increase of 13.9 percent over the $14.063 billion in the similar period in the prior year. Sales for the twenty-six week period were $102.794 billion, an increase of 13.0 percent over the $90.950 billion in the similar period in the prior year.

The Wal-Mart division’s sales for the four-week period were $10.100 billion, up 14.5 percent over sales of $8.823 billion in the similar prior-year period. The division’s sales for the twenty-six weeks of $65.206 billion were up 13.0 percent over the $57.686 billion in the similar prior-year period.

SAM’S CLUB sales for the four-week period were $2.132 billion, up 8.7 percent over sales of $1.962 billion in the similar prior-year period. Club sales for the twenty-six weeks of $13.912 billion were up 8.8 percent over the $12.788 billion in the similar prior-year period.

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Comparable sales for the periods ending August 3, 2001, were as follows:






























  4 Weeks 26 Weeks
  This Year Last Year This Year Last Year
Wal-Mart 6.3 % 5.0 % 5.1 % 6.6 %
SAM’S CLUB 4.9 % 6.4 % 5.9 % 5.7 %
Total Company
6.0 % 5.3 % 5.2 % 6.4 %

As of July 31, 2001, the Company had 1667 Wal-Mart stores, 998 Supercenters, 486 SAM’S CLUBS and 23 Neighborhood Markets in the United States. Internationally, the Company operated units in Argentina (11), Brazil (21), Canada (177), China (14), Germany (93), Korea (7), Mexico (520), 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.







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