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Oct 11, 2004 · According to a monthly survey, nearly 13.3 million people clicked onto Wal-Mart's site at least once during the month, either from home, the workplace or school. Unique visitors are counted only once, regardless of the number of times they hit or the location from which they do so.
The billionaire Walton family has used charitable lead trusts to save billions in taxes. With CLTs, charities get cash annually, and the heirs gain whatever is left when the trust ends.
Drawing on unprecedented interviews with former Wal-Mart executives and a wealth of staggering data (e.g., Americans spend $36 million an hour at Wal-Mart stores, and in 2004 its growth alone was bigger than the total revenue of 469 of the Fortune 500), The Wal-Mart Effect is an intimate look at a business that is dramatically reshaping our lives.
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Walmart said on Thursday that Rob Walton, the longest serving member on its board and eldest son of founder Sam Walton, would retire from his position of the big-box retailer at the end of his term on June 5.
Walmart said last week it will lay off several hundred workers and relocate others. "It's a reversion to what Walmart was known for a few years ago," an expert told BI.
May 1, 2003 · Wal-Mart, which through its four formats had already been selling more groceries than anyone in America, is now the country's biggest supermarket operator. According to estimates by TDLinx, the Bentonville, Ark. retailing giant's supermarket operations are racking up about $4 billion more in annual sales than former top dog Kroger.
-The Kansas City Star "InThe Bully of BentonvilleBianco produces the most penetrating examination of Wal-Mart's business practices and their ripple effects in American society that has been published since Wal-Mart watching became a serious pursuit of the business press and academia."
