Wal-Mart Sept Net Sales Up 11.8% For 1997
Federal Filings via Dow Jones
FORM TYPE: PRNews
ISSUER: WAL-MART STORES INC.
SYMBOL: WMT
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
reported net sales for the five week period ended October 3, 1997, of
$10,722,000,000, an increase of 11.8% from the $9,593,000,000 in the
similar period in the prior year. For the 35 week period ended October
3, 1997, sales increased 11.8% to $73,764,000,000.
Sam's Clubs sales for the five week period were $1,856,000,000,
up 1.9% from $1,822,000,000 in the similar prior year period. Club
sales for the 35 weeks of $13,229,000,000 were up 3.9% over the similar
prior year period.
Comparable sales for the periods ended October 3, 1997, were as
follows:
5 Weeks 35 Weeks
This Year Last Year This Year Last Year
Wal-Mart 5.1% 6.0% 6.8% 5.1%
Sam's Club 1.3% 4.3% 3.2% 1.2%
Total Company 4.3% 5.6% 5.9% 4.1%
As of September 30, 1997, the Company had 1,922 Wal-Mart
stores, 407 Supercenters, 442 Sam's Clubs, 8 Argentina units, 8
Brazilian units, 140 Canadian Wal-Mart stores, 2 China stores, 2
Indonesian Supercenters, 392 Mexican units, and 12 Puerto Rico units.
Wal-Mart operates in all 50 states, Argentina, Canada, Mexico
and Puerto Rico, and in Brazil, China, and Indonesia under joint
venture or franchise agreements. Wal-Mart employs over 687,000
associates in the United States and 59,000 internationally. Its
securities are listed on the New York and Pacific stock exchanges.
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