[Rhodes22-list] Fact(s) of the day...or not

[Herb Parsons]

I don't think Wal-Mart would do it. They didn't become successful by 
wasting money.

elle wrote:
> I didn't bother to 'Snopes' this or vet it...we needed CHANGE.
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> HOW BIG IS WAL-MART??
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> 1 . At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour of every day.
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> 2 . This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
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> 3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
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> 4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
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> 5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private employer. And most can't speak English.
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> 6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World.
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> 7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.
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> 8. During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains sought bankruptcy (including Winn-Dixie).
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> 9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
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> 10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are SuperCenters; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 years ago.
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> 11. This year , 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at a Wal-Mart store. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 billion.)
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> 12. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart
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> 13. Let Wal Mart bail out Wall Street.
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> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
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> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
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Herb Parsons