List of assets owned by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is the largest retailer in the world and one of the five largest corporations in the world by sales. For more information see the main article: Wal-Mart
Included in parentheses are total units as of February 1, 2009[1].
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[edit] United States
- Wal-Mart Stores U.S.
- Wal-Mart Discount Stores (891)
- Wal-Mart Supercenters (2,612)
- Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets (153)
- Walmart.com
- SAM'S CLUB (602)
- Logistics
- Wal-Mart Transportation LLC
- Distribution Centers/Transportation Offices
- Wal-Mart Realty
- Wal-Mart Vacations
- Claims Management, Inc.
- Wal-Mart Portrait Studios was rebranded as PictureMe! Portrait Studios in late 2006. The Portrait Studios are operated by CPI Corp, Inc. under an agreement with Wal-Mart. Space is leased and they are independently owned and operated and only pay rent to Wal-Mart and a license fee to use the Wal-Mart 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 Wal-Mart and SAM'S Club Vision Centers.
- The Wal-Mart Financial Services Network is a tradename for financial institutions which provide banking services including checking, savings and IRA accounts as well as various loan services from the convenience of a Wal-Mart store. In the Southeastern United States these banks are operated as Wal-Mart Money Center by SunTrust. In other areas of the United States the banks are operated under agreements with state chartered or Office of the Comptroller of the Currency authorized banks. Certain account and services are insured by the FDIC for up to $250,000.00 while other services such as brokerage account are not covered. Wal-Mart does not own or operate any of the banks inside of their stores because they currently do not possess a banking license.
[edit] International
(3,615 total units) Note: Some international unit totals include distribution centers which are not listed here.
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Note: In March 2006, Wal-Mart acquired a majority interest in CARHCO (51%). In December 2005, Wal-Mart acquired a majority interest in Seiyu (53%) and in 2009 it acquired 58.3% stake in Líder, making the companies into Wal-Mart subsidiaries.
[edit] Acquisitions
- PACE Membership Warehouse (owned by Kmart; consolidated with SAM'S CLUB)
- Woolco Canada (converted to Wal-Mart Discount Stores)
- Asda (UK)
- Supermercados Amigo (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 - Wal-Mart acquired a majority interest (53%) in Seiyu in December 2005, making it a Wal-Mart subsidiary.
- 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.
[edit] Former Operations
- Broadstreet Financial Services Corporation (d/b/a Bank of Wal-Mart) was tenatively 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.[2]
- Bud's Discount City[3]
- dot Discount Drugs[4]
- 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[5]
- Save-Co Home Improvement Center
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://walmartstores.com/download/3661.pdf
- ^ 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
- Wal-Mart
- SAM'S CLUB
- Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
- Lists of corporate assets
- PictureMe! Portrait Studios
[edit] External links
- Walmartstores.com (corporate website)
- Wal-Mart International Operations
- PictureMe! Portrait Studios
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