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< Prev PostParent LinkNext Post > Misc Some interesting facts about Wal-Mart, which is making a push to open hundreds of new "supercenters":
- It's the world's largest company, equaling 2.5% of the GNP.
- It had $245 billion in revenues in 2002.
- 82% of American households made at least one purchase at Wal-Mart.
- Wal-Mart accounts for 15 to 20% of ALL sales of CDs, videos, and DVDs.
- It sells 32% of the nation's disposable diapers.
- Wal-Mart represents 10% of all U.S. imports from China.
- The average Wal-Mart worker lives under California's poverty line.
- Nearly 200 communities to date have refused Wal-Mart.
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