Here's the sales information for October:
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
(NYSE: WMT), reported net sales for the four-week period ended October 31,
1997, of $9,146,000,000, an increase of 14.5% from the $7,987,000,000 in the
similar period in the prior year. For the 39-week period ended October 31,
1997, sales increased 12.1% to $82,910,000,000.
Sam's Clubs sales for the four-week period were $1,588,000,000, up
2.4% from $1,551,000,000 in the similar prior-year period. Club sales for the
39 weeks of $14,817,000,000 were up 3.7% over the similar prior-year period.
Comparable sales for the periods ended October 31, 1997, were as follows:
4 Weeks 39 Weeks
This Year Last Year This Year Last Year
Wal-Mart 7.3% 3.7% 6.8% 5.0%
Sam's Club 1.7% 5.7% 3.0% 1.7%
Total Company 6.0% 4.2% 5.9% 4.1%
As of October 31, 1997, the Company had 1,904 Wal-Mart stores, 436
Supercenters, 444 Sam's Clubs, 8 Argentina units, 8 Brazilian units, 144
Canadian Wal-Mart stores, 3 China stores, 2 Indonesian Supercenters, 396
Mexican units, and 12 Puerto Rico units.
Wal-Mart (WMT) operates in all fifty (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. |
