List of assets owned by Walmart
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is the largest retailer in the world and one of the five largest corporations in the world by sales.
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[edit] United States
- Walmart Stores U.S. - 4,468 total units as of December 31, 2011[1]
- Walmart Discount Stores (633)
- Walmart Supercenters (3,016)
- Supermarkets (195) - includes Neighborhood Market, Amigo and Supermercado stores
- Small Format Stores (14) - includes Walmart Express, Walmart on Campus and Super Ahorros stores
- Walmart.com
- Sam's Club (610)
- Logistics
- Walmart Transportation LLC
- Distribution Centers/Transportation Offices (130)
- Walmart Realty
- Walmart Vacations (no longer available)
- Claims Management, Inc.
- Walmart Portrait Studios was rebranded as PictureMe! Portrait Studios in late 2006. The Portrait Studios are operated by CPI Corp, Inc. under an agreement with Walmart. Space is leased and they are independently owned and operated and only pay rent to Walmart and a license fee to use the Walmart brand. Also, most Doctors of Optometry are independent contractors and are not employees of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. but instead pay rent to use space in Walmart and Sam's Club Vision Centers.
- The Walmart Money Center (Formerly Wal-Mart Financial Services Network) is a tradename for financial services provided in their stores, including the Walmart Money Card™, Money Transfers, Bill Payments, Money Orders, Check Cashing and Check Printing.
[edit] International
Walmart International - 5,552 total units as of December 31, 2011[2] Note: Some international unit totals include distribution centers which are not listed here. Walmart Stores Inc no longer lists units in Puerto Rico as international, Puerto Rico's numbers are included in the US totals.
| Argentina Entered August 1995 (77) |
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| Botswana Entered June 2011 (11) |
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| Brazil Entered May 1995 (509) |
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| Canada Entered November 1994 (329) |
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| Chile Entered January 2009 (307) |
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| China Entered August 1996 (357) |
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| Costa Rica Entered September 2005 (199) |
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| El Salvador Entered September 2005 (77) |
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| Germany Entered January 1998 |
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| Ghana Entered June 2011 (1) |
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| Guatemala Entered September 2005 (195) |
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| Honduras Entered September 2005 (68) |
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| India Entered May 2009 (14) |
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| Japan (see note) Entered March 2002 (416) |
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| (South) Korea Entered July 1998 |
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| Lesotho Entered June 2011 (2) |
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| Malawi Entered June 2011 (2) |
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| Mauritius Entered June 2011 (1) |
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| Mexico Entered November 1991 (2,037) |
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| Mozambique Entered June 2011 (17)[21] |
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| Nambia Entered June 2011 (3) |
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| Nicaragua Entered September 2005 (71) |
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| Nigeria Entered June 2011 (1) |
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| South Africa Entered June 2011 (302) |
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| Swaziland Entered June 2011 (1) |
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| Tanzania Entered June 2011 (1) |
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| Uganda Entered June 2011 (1) |
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| United Kingdom Entered July 1995 (552) |
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| Zambia Entered June 2011 (1) |
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[edit] Acquisitions
- PACE Membership Warehouse (converted to Sam's Club)
- Woolco Canada (converted to Walmart)
- Asda (UK)
- Amigo Supermarkets (PR)
- McLane Company (acquired in 1993, later sold to Berkshire Hathaway in 2003)
- The Seiyu, Ltd.
- Wertkauf hypermarkets (Germany)
- Interspar hypermarkets (Germany)
- Bompreco (Brazil)
- Walmart.com (started as a joint-venture, it has since been fully acquired and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wal-Mart)
- Sonae Distribuição Brasil (Brazilian operations) - now WMS Supermercados do Brasil.
- Seiyu Group - Walmart acquired a 6.1% stake in Seiyu beginning in May 2002. A majority interest (53%) was acquired in December 2005, giving Walmart effective control of the company. Walmart's stake in Seiyu was increase to 95% in December 2007, and by June 2008 the remaining shares were acquired, making it a wholly owned subsidiary.
- Walmart de México y Centroamérica - In December 2009, Walmart Mexico acquired Walmart´s operations in Central America from Walmart Stores and two minority partners. In early 2010, the transaction was completed and Walmart México became Walmart México and Central America. Walmart holds a 68.5% stake in the combined company.
- Central American Retail Holding Company (CARHCO) - formed as a joint venture in 2001 with three equal partners: Royal Ahold NV and two Central American groups: the Paiz family, the major shareholders of La Fragua; and Corporación de Supermercados Unidos (CSU). In September 2005, Wal-Mart acquired a 33 1/3 % interest in CARHCO from the Dutch retailer Royal Ahold NV. In March 2006, Wal-Mart made an additional investment, bringing its share of the firm to 51 percent and changing its name to Wal-Mart Central America.
- Cifra - Walmart's operations in Mexico started as Walmex, a joint venture between Cifra of Mexico and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Wal-Mart later bought a majority interest in Cifra and changed the name to Walmart de Mexico. Walmex is independently traded on the Mexican stock exchange, although Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. holds a majority interest.
- In January 2009 Walmart completed the acquisition of 58.2% of the leading Chilean retailer D&S, adding brands of major importance in that market such as Híper Lider. By March 2009, Walmart had increased its stake in D&S to approximately 73%.
- In June 2011 Walmart completed the purchase of 51% of Massmart, which operates stores primarily in South Africa but also operates in various Sub-Saharan African nations. Brands added to the Walmart family include Cambridge Foods, Game, Dion Wired, Makro, Builders Warehouse, Builders Express, Builders Trade Depot, CBW, Jumbo Cash and Carry, the Shield buying group, etc.[32] In July the South African government filed an appeal [33] of the Competition Tribunal's decision to allow the merger with minimal conditions, this follows an appeal filed earlier by SACCAWU, a local labor union.
[edit] Former operations
- Broadstreet Financial Services Corporation (d/b/a Bank of Wal-Mart) was tentatively to be headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah and was to operate as an Industrial Bank to processing credit, debit card and electronic check transactions for the Wal-Mart stores. The bank was not to be open to the public and they did not intend to open or operate any branches. According to a Wal-Mart spokesman it was estimated that the company would have saved $245 million in costs by opening its own bank. On March 16, 2007 Wal-Mart announced that it had officially withdrawn its application with the Utah Department of Financial Institutions.[34]
- Bud's Discount City[35]
- dot Discount Drugs[36]
- Helen's Arts and Crafts
- Hypermart USA (joint venture, prototype store that led to Supercenters)
- McLane Company (acquired in 1990, sold to Berkshire Hathaway in 2003)
- OneSource nutrition centers[37]
- Save-Co Home Improvement Center
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://walmartstores.com/pressroom/news/10798.aspx
- ^ http://walmartstores.com/pressroom/news/10798.aspx
- ^ http://www.walmart.com.ar/articulo/33/walmart_argentina
- ^ http://www.massmart.co.za/default.asp
- ^ http://www.massmart.co.za/pdf/2011/BW_Gaborone_Press_Release_Massmart.pdf
- ^ http://www.walmartbrasil.com.br/
- ^ http://www.walmartcanada.ca/
- ^ http://www.dys.cl/wps/wcm/connect/dys/DYS/
- ^ http://wal-martchina.com/
- ^ http://www.walmartmexicoycam.com/
- ^ http://www.walmartmexicoycam.com/
- ^ http://www.massmart.co.za/default.asp
- ^ http://www.walmartmexicoycam.com/
- ^ http://www.walmartmexicoycam.com/
- ^ http://bharti-walmart.in/
- ^ http://www.seiyu.co.jp/
- ^ http://www.massmart.co.za/default.asp
- ^ http://www.massmart.co.za/default.asp
- ^ http://www.massmart.co.za/default.asp
- ^ http://www.walmartmexicoycam.com/
- ^ http://www.massmart.co.za/corp_profile/geo_profile.asp
- ^ http://www.massmart.co.za/default.asp
- ^ http://www.massmart.co.za/default.asp
- ^ http://www.walmartmexicoycam.com/
- ^ http://www.massmart.co.za/default.asp
- ^ http://www.massmart.co.za/default.asp
- ^ http://www.massmart.co.za/default.asp
- ^ http://www.massmart.co.za/default.asp
- ^ http://www.massmart.co.za/default.asp
- ^ http://your.asda.com/
- ^ http://www.massmart.co.za/default.asp
- ^ http://investors.walmartstores.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=112761&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1576044&highlight=
- ^ http://www.citizen.co.za/citizen/content/en/citizen/business-news?oid=211847&sn=Detail&pid=40&Govt-contravenes--its-own-rules
- ^ Wal-Mart withdraws industrial banking push
- ^ Staff Writer. "Wal-Mart Plans to Close 48 Bud's Discount City Stores." New York Times. July 23, 1997. Retrieved on July 26, 2006.
- ^ Frederick, James. "Dot's new owners set an aggressive agenda - Dot Discount Drugs." Drug Store News. February 19, 1990. Retrieved on July 26, 2006.
- ^ Staff Writer. "Wal-Mart eyeing healthy sales with nutritional 'store' concept - Wal-Mart Stores." Drug Store News. October 20, 1997. Retrieved on July 26, 2006.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Walmartstores.com (corporate website)
- Wal-Mart International Operations
- PictureMe! Portrait Studios
- Walmart China
- seiyu
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