Ten fun facts about Wal-Mart
Fact 1
According to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2014, Wal-Mart is the world's largest public corporation.
Fact 2
The Walton family, as a whole, have a combined net worth of almost $150 billion. That's as much as Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg combined.
Fact 3
The average profit is $1.8 million every hour and an average Wal-Mart Supercenter sells 140,000 individual items.
Fact 4Wal-Mart holds the place as the largest employer in the United States. They employ five times as many people as the second largest employer, IBM.
Fact 5Because of the issues Wal-Mart faces regarding their workforce issues and lawsuits, at least 70% of its employees leave within the first year.
Fact 6Wal-Mart's cooperation with 'The Timothy Plan' only carries edited version of CDs and bans magazines such as 'Maxim'.
Fact 7The first store, the Walmart Discount City store, was opened by Sam Walton in 1962 in Arkansas.
Fact 8Though Wal-Mart advertises a 'Made in the U.S.A' campaign, many of their items are many in overseas sweatshops.
Fact 9In 27 countries, the company has over 11,000 stores and at least 55 different names, including 'Seiyu' in Japan and 'Asda' in the United Kingdom.
Fact 10In 2010, Wal-Mart and Procter&Gamble teamed up to produce two family movies: "Secrets of the Mountain" and "The Jensen Project."
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