Walmart de México y Centroamérica

Wal-Mart de México S.A.B. de C.V.

Company type	Discount department store/Public
Industry	Retail
Founded	1958 as Aurrerá 1991 as Wal-Mart de México (Walmex)
Headquarters	Mexico City, Mexico
Key people	Jerónimo Arango, co-founder Eduardo Solorzano Morales, CEO Ernesto Vega Velasco, Chairman
Products	Discount stores, grocery stores, and hypermarkets, Optical, Pharmacy, Portrait Studio
Revenue	$20,6 billion USD (2007)
Number of employees	149,440
Parent	Wal-mart
Website	www.walmartmexico.com

Wal-Mart de Mexico, is a Latin American blue-chip company, a majority of which is owned by the American retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. It has been traded at the Mexican Stock Exchange since 1977 [1].

Wal-Mart operates over 1,000 retail outlets in Mexico including restaurants and supermarkets, under the names Superama, Suburbia, VIPS, Sam's Club and Bodega Aurrerá. The company is now Mexico's largest private sector employer. It competes fiercely with Soriana, Comercial Mexicana, Casa Ley, Chedraui and H-E-B.

Wal-Mart in Teotihuacán

In 2004, Wal-Mart faced opposition by local and environmental groups opposed to the installation of a Wal-Mart-owned Bodega Aurrerá store located near the archeological site of Teotihuacán. In spite of negative sentiments by these groups and the media, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) dismissed concerns that construction of the store would destroy archeological treasures. The federal government also endorsed the project which is located a mile away from the pyramids. The store opened its doors at the end of the year.

Cashier at Wal Mart - Plateros store

External links

• Wal Mart de México corporate website
• Wal-Mart quits Mexican trade group, article at the Memphis Business Journal.
• Wal-Mart subsidiary receives final approval to construct controversial store near historic Teotihuacán pyramids, article at The University of New Mexico.