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I.CURRENT SITUATION

A.CURRENT PERFORMANCE

Wal-Mart is the world's number 1 retailer, with more than 4,800 stores, including 1,475 discount stores, 1,750 combination discount and grocery stores (Wal-Mart Supercenters in the US and ASDA in the UK) and 540 warehouse stores (SAM's Club).
Nearly 75% of its stores are in the US, but Wal-Mart is expanding internationally. Wal-Mart is the number 1 retail in Canada and Mexico. The company also owns nearly 38% of Japanese supermarket chain SEIYU.

Wal-Mart generated a solid performance for the fiscal year 2004 ended January 31th. Here are some important numbers:

Ø Net sales increased from 229.6 billion to 256.3 billion (+ 11.6%).

ØTotal asset increase 10.7% to 104.9 billion.

ØWhen compared to fiscal year 2003, Wal-Mart stores segment experience a 9.1% increase in operating profit and a 10.9% increase in sales in fiscal year 2004

ØDomestic expansion resulted from the addition of 139 new discount stores, Supercenters......


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