Wal-Mart Reports June Sales
PR News Wire via Dow Jones
BENTONVILLE, Ark., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. NYSE:
WMT), reported net sales for the five week period ended July 4, 1997,
of $11,150,000,000, an increase of 11.8% from the $9,977,000,000 in
the similar period in the prior year. Sales for the twenty-two week
period were $45,850,000,000, an increase of 11.8% from the
41,002,000,000 in the similar period in the prior year.
Sam's Clubs sales for the five week period were $2,013,000,000, up
3.4% from sales of $1,947,000,000 in the similar prior year period.
Club sales for the twenty-two weeks of $8,319,000,000 were up 4.3%
from the $7,976,000,000 in the similar prior year period.
Comparable sales for the periods ended July 4, 1997, were as follows:
5 Weeks 22 Weeks
This Year Last Year This Year Last Year
Wal-Mart 7.6% 6.9% 6.7% 5.2%
Sam's Club 2.3% 2.8% 3.7% 0.6%
Total Company 6.4% 5.8% 6.0% 4.0%
As of June 30, 1997, the Company had 1,939 Wal-Mart stores, 374 Supercenters,
441 Sam's Clubs, 6 Argentina units, 5 Brazilian units, 137 Canadian Wal-Mart
stores, 2 China stores, 2 Indonesian Supercenters, 153 Mexican units, and 11
Puerto Rico units.
Wal-Mart (WMT) operates in all fifty (50) states, Argentina, Canada, and
Puerto Rico, and in Brazil, China, Indonesia, and Mexico under joint venture or
franchise agreements. Wal-Mart employs over 675,000 Associates in the United
States and 59,000 internationally. Its securities are listed on the New York,
Pacific and Toronto stock exchanges.
/CONTACT: Investor Relations: 501-273-8446, Jay Fitzsimmons, 501-273-6445,
Steve Hunter, 501-273-4148; Media: Jay Allen, 501-273-4314, all of Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc./
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