Walmart is the world’s largest private employer, with 2.2 million workers in 9,000 stores serving 200 million customers weekly. 70% of products sold are made in China, and sales of $444 billion in 2012 would make Walmart the 26th largest economy.
General-goods retailer Walmart is the world’s largest private employer, employing approximately 2.2 million Walmart workers in 2013. This is roughly equivalent to the combined population of the world’s 50 smallest countries. Walmart employs approximately 1.3 million workers in the United States and 96,800 people in China. Worldwide, there are more than 9,000 Walmart stores and they serve approximately 200 million customers each week. It is estimated that every second, 330 people purchase items from the company, resulting in an average annual spend of $4,000 United States Dollars (USD) for a family of four.
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It is estimated that 70% of all products sold in Walmart stores are made in China.
Walmart had sales of more than $444 billion in fiscal 2012, which would make the company the 26th largest economy in the world if it were a country. Its earnings in 2012 were $2 billion more than Austria’s gross domestic product (GDP).
In the United States, it is estimated that $1 USD out of every $4 spent on groceries is spent at Walmart.
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