International Operations Data Sheets - July 2008
Wal-Mart International 3,171 total units | Market | Retail Units | Date of Entry | | Mexico | 1,061 | November 1991 | | Puerto Rico | 54 | August 1992 | | Canada | 307 | November 1994 | | Brazil | 316 | May 1995 | | Argentina | 24 | August 1995 | | China (*) | 207 | August 1996 | | United Kingdom | 345 | July 1999 | | Japan | 392 | March 2002 | | Costa Rica | 154 | September 2005 | | El Salvador | 72 | September 2005 | | Guatemala | 147 | September 2005 | | Honduras | 47 | September 2005 | | Nicaragua | 46 | September 2005 |
(*) Includes a 35% interest in Trust-Mart, which operates 101 stores in China.
Trade Territory
Wal-Mart serves more than 49 million international customers weekly in 13 markets outside the continental U.S. In August 2007, Wal-Mart announced an agreement with Bharti Enterprises to establish a joint venture, Bharti Wal-Mart Private Limited, for wholesale cash-and-carry and back-end supply chain management
operations in India. Total International Associates More than 620,000 Total International Sales
FYE 1/31/08: 90.6 billion – 17.5 percent increase over the previous year. Operating profit was $4.76 billion, an increase of 11.8 percent compared to the previous fiscal year. For the month of June 2008, $9.9 billion – an increase of 16.9 percent over the same period last year. For the first quarter FY 2009 ending 4/30/08: $23.9 billion – an increase of 22 percent over the same period last year. Operating income was $1.04 billion for the quarter, an increase of 15.6 percent over the same period last year.
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