Total Company Data Sheet - January 2010

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Retail Units Worldwide8,416

US Retail Units4,304
Walmart U.S. stores 803
Supercenters 2,747
Sam’s Clubs 596
Neighborhood Market 152
Marketside 4
Supermercado 2

International Retail Units4,112

Company History

First Walmart opened in 1962 (Rogers, AR)
First Sam’s Club opened in 1983 (Midwest City, OK)
First Supercenter opened in 1988 (Washington, MO)
First International unit opened in 1991 (Mexico City)
First Neighborhood Market opened in 1998 (Bentonville, AR)
First Marketside stores opened in 2008 (Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa and Tempe, AZ)
First Supermercado store opened in 2009 (Houston, Texas)

Company Trade Territory

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week at 8,200 retail units under 53 different banners in 15 countries.

Total Associates

United States – more than 1.4 million
Internationally -- 694,000
Total Associates -- more than 2 million worldwide

Sales

For the third quarter FY 2010, $98.667 billion, a 1.1 percent increase over
the same period last year.

FYE 1/31/09: $401.2 billion, a 7.2 percent increase over the previous year

Community Involvement

In 2008, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and its Foundation gave $378 million in cash and in-kind donations to benefit more than 4,000 U.S. communities. That is more than 7 million per week and an increase of $82 million over giving in 2007.

Walmart operations outside of the U.S. increased their community support in 2008, donating $45.5 million, up from $41 million in 2007.

Additionally, Walmart customers and associates donated $106 million through individual contributions and company-sponsored fundraisers around the world, bringing total 2008 giving to nearly $530 million.

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