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Do not fill this in! == Operating divisions == {{See also|List of assets owned by Walmart}} [[File:WalMart international locations.svg|thumb|400px|Map of countries with Walmart stores <br />Legend: {{legend|#00f|Current market locations}} {{legend|#ee142a|Former market locations}} {{legend|#b9b9b9|No current market locations}}]] As of 2016, Walmart's operations are organized into four divisions: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, [[Sam's Club]] and Global eCommerce.<ref name="annrep">{{Cite web |title=FORM 10-K: Annual report pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |url=http://d1lge852tjjqow.cloudfront.net/CIK-0000104169/46c5c2e3-666c-4865-b437-eb351ae5dbfe.pdf?noexit=true |publisher=Walmart |date=2016 |access-date=June 2, 2022 |archive-date=April 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417223329/http://d1lge852tjjqow.cloudfront.net/CIK-0000104169/46c5c2e3-666c-4865-b437-eb351ae5dbfe.pdf?noexit=true |url-status=live }}</ref> In the United States, Walmart's stores operate in four formats: discount, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets, and Sam's Club stores.<ref name="Volpe"/> Walmart International stores include additional formats such as supermarkets, hypermarkets, cash-and-carry stores, home improvement, specialty electronics, restaurants, apparel stores, drugstores, and convenience stores.<ref name="2016 Annual Report Page 19">{{cite web |url = http://s2.q4cdn.com/056532643/files/doc_financials/2016/annual/2016-Annual-Report-PDF.pdf |title = Walmart 2016 Annual Report |website = stock.walmart.com |publisher = Walmart |page = 19 |type = [[PDF]] |access-date = May 9, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160602123325/http://s2.q4cdn.com/056532643/files/doc_financials/2016/annual/2016-Annual-Report-PDF.pdf |archive-date = June 2, 2016}}</ref> === Walmart U.S. === <gallery> File:Walmart in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.jpg|Walmart in [[Fajardo, Puerto Rico]] </gallery><!-- Courtesy note per [[MOS:LINK2SECT]]: [[Wal-Mart Stores Division U.S.]] redirects here. --> '''Walmart U.S.''' is the company's largest division, accounting for {{US$|331.666 billion}}, or 65 percent of total sales, for fiscal 2019.<ref name="xbrlus_1"/><ref name="2016 Annual Report Page 20">{{cite web |url = http://s2.q4cdn.com/056532643/files/doc_financials/2016/annual/2016-Annual-Report-PDF.pdf |title = Walmart 2016 Annual Report |website = stock.walmart.com |publisher = Walmart |page = 20 |type = PDF |access-date = May 9, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160602123325/http://s2.q4cdn.com/056532643/files/doc_financials/2016/annual/2016-Annual-Report-PDF.pdf |archive-date = June 2, 2016}}</ref> It consists of three retail formats that have become commonplace in the United States: [[Hypermarket|Supercenters]], [[Discount store|Discount Stores]], [[Supermarket|Neighborhood Markets]], and other small formats. The discount stores sell a variety of mostly non-grocery products, though emphasis has now shifted towards supercenters, which include more groceries. {{As of|2022|10|31|df=US|post=,}} there are a total of 4,720 Walmart U.S. stores.<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> In the United States, 90 percent of the population resides within 10 miles of a Walmart store.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Robin |url=https://www.therobinreport.com/walmarts-last-ten-miles-quicker-and-cheaper-than-amazon/ |title=Walmart's "Last Ten Miles" – Quicker and Cheaper Than Amazon |work=The Robin Report |date=February 21, 2018 |access-date=September 13, 2018 |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617125027/https://www.therobinreport.com/walmarts-last-ten-miles-quicker-and-cheaper-than-amazon/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The total number of Walmart U.S. stores and Sam's Clubs combined is 5,320.<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> The president and CEO of Walmart U.S. is John Furner.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Furner, President and CEO, Walmart U.S. |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/leadership/john-furner/ |website=Walmart - Corporate - US |access-date=October 13, 2022 |archive-date=October 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013152614/https://corporate.walmart.com/leadership/john-furner/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="leadership">{{cite web |title=Leadership |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/leadership |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402035528/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/leadership |archive-date=April 2, 2024 |access-date=April 9, 2024 |website=Walmart - Corporate - US}}</ref> ==== Walmart Supercenter ==== <!-- Courtesy note per [[MOS:LINK2SECT]]: [[Walmart Supercenters]] and [[Walmart Supercenter]] redirect here. --> [[File:Walmart Supercenter, North Windham, CT.jpg|alt=A Walmart Supercenter store|thumb|A Walmart Supercenter in [[Windham, Connecticut]] (Store #2022)]] '''Walmart Supercenters''', branded simply as "Walmart", are [[hypermarket]]s with sizes varying from {{convert|69000|to|260000|sqft|abbr=off|sp=us}}, but averaging about {{convert|178000|sqft|abbr=off|sp=us}}.<ref name="2022 10-K"/> These stock general merchandise and a full-service supermarket, including meat and poultry, [[baking|baked goods]], [[delicatessen]], [[frozen food]]s, dairy products, garden [[produce]], and fresh seafood. Many Walmart Supercenters also have a [[Garden centre|garden center]], [[pet store|pet shop]], [[pharmacy]], Tire & [[Motor oil|Lube]] Express, optical center, [[Photographic processing|one-hour photo processing lab]], portrait studio, and numerous alcove shops, such as cellular phone stores, hair and nail salons, video rental stores, local bank branches (such as [[Woodforest National Bank]] branches in newer locations), and fast food outlets. Many Walmart Supercenters currently feature [[McDonald's]] or [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]] restaurants. In some Canadian locations, [[Tim Hortons]] were opened. Recently, in several Supercenters, like the [[Tallahassee, Florida]] and the [[Palm Desert, California]] locations, Walmart added [[Burger King]] to their locations, and the location in [[Glen Burnie, Maryland]], due to its past as a hypermarket called Leedmark, boasts an [[Auntie Anne's]] and an Italian restaurant. Some Walmart locations in Canada have Axess Law locations, [[Mary Brown's]], Burger King and McDonald's, and [[Atlantic Lottery Corporation]] locations in the Atlantic region. Some U.S. locations have [[Wendy's]], [[Domino's]], [[Taco Bell]], [[Claire's]], and small arcades called GamePlay. Very few U.S. locations have [[KFC]], [[Hardee’s]], [[Papa John’s]], [[Dairy Queen]], [[Little Caesars]], and [[A&W Restaurants]]. Some locations also have fuel stations which sell gasoline distributed by [[Murphy USA]] (which spun off from [[Murphy Oil]] in 2013), [[Sunoco]] ("Optima"), the [[Tesoro Corporation]] ("Mirastar"), USA Gasoline, and even now Walmart-branded gas stations.<ref name="CSNews_WMGas"/> The first Supercenter opened in Washington, Missouri, in 1988. A similar concept, [[Hypermart USA]], had opened a year earlier in [[Garland, Texas]]. All Hypermart USA stores were later closed or converted into Supercenters. {{As of|2022|10|31|df=US|post=,}} there were 3,572 Walmart Supercenters in 49 of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> Hawaii is the only state to not have a Supercenter location. The largest Supercenter in the world, covering {{convert|260000|sqft|abbr=off|sp=us}} on two floors, is located in [[Crossgates Commons]] in [[Albany, New York]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.albany.com/news/walmart.cfm |title = Largest Walmart Supercenter In US Finds Home In Albany NY |publisher = Albany.com |access-date = December 23, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081012220544/http://www.albany.com/news/walmart.cfm |archive-date = October 12, 2008}}</ref> A typical supercenter sells approximately 120,000 items, compared to the 35 million products sold in Walmart's online store.<ref>{{cite news |last = Boyle |first = Matthew |url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-12/wal-mart-to-discount-1-million-online-items-picked-up-in-stores |title = Wal-Mart to Discount One Million Online Items Picked Up in Stores |work = [[Bloomberg News]] |date = April 12, 2017 |access-date = April 12, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170412042938/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-12/wal-mart-to-discount-1-million-online-items-picked-up-in-stores |archive-date = April 12, 2017}}</ref> The "Supercenter" name has since been phased out, with these stores now simply referred to as "Walmart", since the company introduced the new Walmart logo in 2008. However, the branding is still used in Walmart's Canadian stores (spelled as "Supercentre" in Canadian English).<ref>{{cite web |url = http://walmartcanada.ca/Pages/History/168/170/170 |title = Walmart Canada – Corporate Information |publisher = Walmartcanada.ca |access-date = April 24, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141204021716/http://walmartcanada.ca/Pages/History/168/170/170 |archive-date = December 4, 2014 }}</ref> ==== Walmart Discount Store ==== <!-- Courtesy note per [[MOS:LINK2SECT]]: redirect [[Walmart discount store]] and others link here. --> [[File:Wal-Mart Albemarle Rd Charlotte, NC (7580001150).jpg|thumb|The exterior of a Walmart Discount Store in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] (Store #1821)|alt=The exterior of a Walmart Discount Store in Charlotte, North Carolina]] '''Walmart Discount Stores''', also branded as simply "Walmart", are discount department stores with sizes varying from {{convert|30000|to|221000|sqft|abbr=off|sp=us}}, with the average store covering {{convert|105000|sqft|abbr=off|sp=us}}.<ref name="2022 10-K"/> They carry [[general merchandise]] and limited [[grocery|groceries]]. Some newer and remodeled discount stores have an expanded grocery department, similar to Target's PFresh department. Many of these stores also feature a garden center, pharmacy, Tire & Lube Express, optical center, one-hour photo processing lab, portrait studio, a bank branch, a cell phone store, and a fast food outlet. Some also have gasoline stations.<ref name="CSNews_WMGas">{{cite news |url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-29/Walmart-to-offer-customers-discount-gas-as-prices-rise.html |title = Walmart to Offer Customers Discount Gas As Prices Rise |publisher = [[Bloomberg L.P.]] |date = August 29, 2012 |access-date = December 7, 2012 |author = Welch, David |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120907230614/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-29/wal-mart-to-offer-customers-discount-gas-as-prices-rise.html |url-status=live |archive-date = September 7, 2012 }}</ref> Discount Stores were Walmart's original concept, though they have since been surpassed by Supercenters.<ref name="Volpe"/> In 1990, Walmart opened its first Bud's Discount City location in Bentonville. Bud's operated as a closeout store, much like [[Big Lots]]. Many locations were opened to fulfill leases in shopping centers as Walmart stores left and moved into newly built Supercenters. All of the Bud's Discount City stores had closed or converted into Walmart Discount Stores by 1997.<ref name="DSN Retailing Today 97">{{cite news |title = Wal-Mart shuttering 7-year old Bud's chain |url = http://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=5J0R-BSJ1-DYBW-21K0&csi=8399&oc=00240&perma=true |newspaper = DSN Retailing Today |date = August 4, 1997 |access-date = February 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161925/http://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=5J0R-BSJ1-DYBW-21K0&csi=8399&oc=00240&perma=true |archive-date = March 7, 2016}}</ref> At its peak in 1996, there were 1,995 Walmart Discount Stores;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wal-mart Stores, Inc. Form 10-k Annual Report for the Year Ended January 31, 1996 |website=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104169/0000104169-96-000002.txt|access-date=June 26, 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112025842/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104169/0000104169-96-000002.txt|url-status=live}}</ref> as of October 31, 2022, that number was dropped to 365.<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> ==== Walmart Neighborhood Market ==== [[File:Walmart Neighborhood Market, GA125, Valdosta.jpg|thumb|A 24-hour Walmart Neighborhood Market in [[Valdosta, Georgia]] (Store #6732)]] <!-- Courtesy note per [[MOS:LINK2SECT]]: [[Walmart Market]], [[Neighborhood Market by Walmart]] and others redirect here. --> '''Walmart Neighborhood Market''', sometimes branded as "Neighborhood Market by Walmart" or informally known as "Neighborhood Walmart",<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 18, 2023 |title=What Is Walmart Neighborhood Market? (All Questions Answered) |website= U.S. Retail |url=https://theusretail.com/walmart-neighborhood-market/ |access-date=June 14, 2023 |language=en-US |archive-date=June 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619061730/https://theusretail.com/walmart-neighborhood-market/ |url-status=live }}</ref> is Walmart's chain of supermarkets ranging from {{convert|28000|to|65000|sqft|abbr=off|sp=us}} and averaging about {{convert|42000|sqft|abbr=off|sp=us}}, about a fifth of the size of a Walmart Supercenter.<ref name="2022 10-K"/><ref name="Peterson October 15">{{cite news |title = What it's like to shop at Walmart's store of the future, which is becoming a threat to Whole Foods and Trader Joe's |last1 = Peterson |first1 = Hayley |url = http://www.businessinsider.com/walmarts-store-of-the-future-photos-2015-10 |newspaper = [[Business Insider]] |date = October 27, 2015 |access-date = March 16, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160326155516/http://www.businessinsider.com/walmarts-store-of-the-future-photos-2015-10 |archive-date = March 26, 2016}}</ref> The first Walmart Neighborhood Market opened ten years after the first Supercenter opened, but Walmart did not focus on the smaller grocery store format until the 2010s.<ref name="Loeb 14">{{cite news |title = Why Walmart suddenly thinks smaller is better |last1 = Loeb |first1 = Walter |url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/walterloeb/2014/06/16/why-walmart-suddenly-thinks-smaller-is-better/ |magazine = [[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]] |date = June 16, 2014 |access-date = March 16, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923092938/http://www.forbes.com/sites/walterloeb/2014/06/16/why-walmart-suddenly-thinks-smaller-is-better/ |archive-date = September 23, 2015}}</ref> The stores focus on three of Walmart's major sales categories: groceries, which account for about 55 percent of the company's revenue,<ref name="Fox 13">{{cite news |title = Wal-Mart: The $200 billion grocer |last1 = Fox |first1 = Emily Jane |url = https://money.cnn.com/2013/01/31/news/companies/walmart-grocery/ |newspaper = [[CNNMoney]] |date = January 31, 2013 |access-date = March 16, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170113214317/http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/31/news/companies/walmart-grocery |archive-date = January 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wahba|first=Phil|date=February 1, 2018|title=Retailers' Secret Weapon Is ... Food?|url=<!--from print edition-->|journal=Fortune|pages=15|issn=0015-8259|quote=...U.S. grocery business that makes up 56% of its revenue....}}</ref> pharmacy, and, at some stores, fuel.<ref name="Peterson July 15">{{cite news |title = What it's like inside Wal-Mart's new marketplace that's a threat to Whole Foods and Trader Joe's |last1 = Peterson |first1 = Hayley |url = http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-walmarts-neighborhood-markets-2015-7 |newspaper = Business Insider |date = July 4, 2015 |access-date = March 16, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081213/http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-walmarts-neighborhood-markets-2015-7 |archive-date = March 4, 2016}}</ref> For groceries and consumables, the stores sell fresh produce, deli and bakery items, prepared foods, meat, dairy, organic, general grocery and frozen foods, in addition to cleaning products and pet supplies.<ref name="Peterson October 15"/><ref name="Mossman 12">{{cite news |title = Walmart unveils five new Neighborhood Markets in Denver area |last1 = Mossman |first1 = John |url = http://www.denverpost.com/ci_20894819/walmart-unveils-five-new-neighborhood-markets-denver-area |newspaper = [[The Denver Post]] |date = June 20, 2012 |access-date = March 16, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150702014738/http://www.denverpost.com/ci_20894819/walmart-unveils-five-new-neighborhood-markets-denver-area |archive-date = July 2, 2015}}</ref> Some stores offer wine and beer sales<ref name="Peterson October 15"/> and drive-through pharmacies. Some stores, such as one at Midtown Center in [[Bentonville, Arkansas]], offer made-to-order pizza with a seating area for eating.<ref name="Gute 15">{{cite news |last1=Gute |first1=Melissa |date=November 12, 2015 |title=Neighborhood Market opens in Midtown Center |newspaper=[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]] |url=http://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=5HC4-34K1-DY70-0096&csi=8399&oc=00240&perma=true |url-status=live |access-date=March 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905004036/http://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=5HC4-34K1-DY70-0096&csi=8399&oc=00240&perma=true |archive-date=September 5, 2017 |quote=While most Neighborhood Markets have a drink bar and a few have a [[pizza]] program, this market also has a seating area where people can eat lunch, Kirk said. It's an amenity included because of location. The pizza program allows customers to either select pre-made pizzas or build their own and have them oven-baked there in 5 minutes. The market has 31,000 square feet and includes a deli and bakery. It offers fresh produce, meat and other groceries, according to a news release. It also includes a pharmacy with a drive-thru window.}}</ref> Customers can also use Walmart's site-to-store operation and pick up online orders at Walmart Neighborhood Market stores just like the Supercenters and Discount Stores<ref name="Stark 12">{{cite news |title = Walmart Neighborhood Market, first on West Coast, opens Friday in West Linn |last1 = Stark |first1 = Rachel |url = http://www.oregonlive.com/west-linn/index.ssf/2012/05/walmart_neighborhood_market_fi.html |newspaper = [[The Oregonian]] |date = May 21, 2012 |access-date = March 16, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151123230536/http://www.oregonlive.com/west-linn/index.ssf/2012/05/walmart_neighborhood_market_fi.html |archive-date = November 23, 2015}}</ref> Products at Walmart Neighborhood Market stores have the same prices as those at Walmart's larger supercenters. A [[Moody's Investors Service]] analyst said the wider company's pricing structure gives the chain of grocery stores a "competitive advantage" over competitors [[Whole Foods Market]], [[Kroger]] and [[Trader Joe's]].<ref name="Peterson July 15"/> Neighborhood Market stores expanded slowly at first as a way to fill gaps between Walmart Supercenters and Discount Stores in existing markets. In its first 12 years, the company opened about 180 Walmart Neighborhood Markets. By 2010, Walmart said it was ready to accelerate its expansion plans for the grocery stores.<ref name="Birchall 10">{{cite news |last1=Birchall |first1=Jonathan |date=October 14, 2010 |title=Walmart takes smaller format path to growth |newspaper=[[Financial Times]] |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a7757fe6-d737-11df-9cd5-00144feabdc0.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a7757fe6-d737-11df-9cd5-00144feabdc0.html |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=March 16, 2016 |quote=With about 180 stores, the retailer has focused on using them to fill in between Supercenters in areas such as [[Dallas]], [[Las Vegas]] and [[Orlando]], rather than to develop new markets.}}</ref> {{As of|2022|10|31|df=US|post=,}} there were 682 Walmart Neighborhood Markets,<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> each employing between 90 and 95 full-time and part-time workers.<ref name="Darrow 15">{{cite news |title = Walmart to build Neighborhood Market |last1 = Darrow |first1 = Dennis |url = http://www.chieftain.com/news/top/3896796-120/walmart-neighborhood-pueblo-store |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150920083814/http://www.chieftain.com/news/top/3896796-120/walmart-neighborhood-pueblo-store |url-status=dead |archive-date = September 20, 2015 |newspaper = [[Pueblo Chieftain]] |date = August 31, 2015 |access-date = March 16, 2016 }}</ref> The total number of Neighborhood Markets and other small formats combined is 783. ==== Former stores and concepts ==== <!-- Courtesy note per [[MOS:LINK2SECT]]: [[Walmart Express]], [[Supermercado de Walmart]] and others redirect here. --> [[File:Walmart Neighborhood Market, Alma.JPG|thumb|A Walmart Neighborhood Market originally planned to be a Walmart Express in [[Alma, Georgia]] in September 2015 (Store #4229). This location closed in 2016 as part of a plan to close 269 stores globally.|alt=]] Walmart opened '''Supermercado de Walmart''' locations to appeal to [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] communities in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5676N820090708 |title = Walmart woos Hispanics with new Supermercado |work = Reuters |access-date = December 20, 2009 |date = July 8, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100118093414/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5676N820090708 |archive-date = January 18, 2010}}</ref> The first one, a {{convert|39000|sqft|sqm|abbr=off|adj=on|sp=us}} store in the [[Spring Branch, Houston|Spring Branch]] area of [[Houston]], opened on April 29, 2009.<ref name="HoustonChron">{{cite news |last = Moreno |first = Jenalia |title = Walmart gives Supermercado concept a local tryout |url = https://www.chron.com/business/article/Wal-Mart-gives-Supermercado-concept-a-local-tryout-1724512.php |access-date = January 19, 2014 |newspaper = Houston Chronicle |date = April 30, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131215100003/http://www.chron.com/business/article/Wal-Mart-gives-Supermercado-concept-a-local-tryout-1724512.php |archive-date = December 15, 2013}}</ref> The store was a conversion of an existing Walmart Neighborhood Market.<ref>{{cite news |author = Wollam, Allison |url = http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/03/23/story1.html |title = Walmart chooses Houston as test market for Supermercado de Walmart |work = [[Houston Business Journal]] |date = March 20, 2009 |access-date = June 28, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101101063338/http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/03/23/story1.html |archive-date = November 1, 2010}}</ref> In 2009, another Supermercado de Walmart opened in [[Phoenix, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite web |author = Burwell, Sloane |url = http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bella/2009/06/viva_el_mercado_supermercado_d.php |title = Viva El Mercado Supermercado De Walmart |work = [[Phoenix New Times]] |date = June 17, 2009 |access-date = February 1, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110604093916/http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bella/2009/06/viva_el_mercado_supermercado_d.php |archive-date = June 4, 2011}}</ref> Both locations closed in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://swamplot.com/supermercado-de-walmart-americas-first-and-last-latino-themed-walmart-grocery-store-has-closed-down-for-good/2014-11-06/ |title = Supermercado de Walmart, America's First and Last Latino-Themed Walmart Grocery Store, Has Closed Down for Good |work = Swamplot |date = January 21, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160129043403/http://swamplot.com/supermercado-de-walmart-americas-first-and-last-latino-themed-walmart-grocery-store-has-closed-down-for-good/2014-11-06/ |archive-date = January 29, 2016}}</ref> In 2009, Walmart opened "[[Más Club]]", a warehouse retail operation patterned after [[Sam's Club]]. Its lone store also closed in 2014.<ref name="HoustonChron"/> '''Walmart Express''' was a chain of smaller discount stores with a range of services from groceries to check cashing and gasoline service. The concept was focused on small towns deemed unable to support a larger store and large cities where space was at a premium. Walmart planned to build 15 to 20 Walmart Express stores, focusing on Arkansas, North Carolina, and Chicago, by the end of its fiscal year in January 2012. {{As of|2014|September|df=US|post=,}} Walmart re-branded all 22<ref>{{Cite web|title=fy15-q3-unit-counts-for-website-disclosure|url=https://s2.q4cdn.com/056532643/files/doc_downloads/Historical%20Unit%20Count/fy15-q3-unit-counts-for-website-disclosure.pdf|access-date=November 21, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120004735/https://s2.q4cdn.com/056532643/files/doc_downloads/Historical%20Unit%20Count/fy15-q3-unit-counts-for-website-disclosure.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> of its Express format stores to Neighborhood Markets in an effort to streamline its retail offer. It continued to open new Express stores under the Neighborhood Market name. {{As of|2022|10|31|df=US|post=,}} there were 101 small-format stores in the United States. These include 92 other small formats, 8 convenience stores and 1 pickup location.<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> On January 15, 2016, Walmart announced that it would be closing 269 stores globally, including the 102 Neighborhood Markets that were formerly or originally planned to be Express stores.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/wal-mart-to-close-269-stores-globally-1452868122?mod=e2fb |title = Wal-Mart Makes Rare Retreat on Home Turf |author = Sarah Nassauer and Kate Davidson |date = January 16, 2016 |work = The Wall Street Journal |access-date = February 17, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160126044434/http://www.wsj.com/articles/wal-mart-to-close-269-stores-globally-1452868122?mod=e2fb |archive-date = January 26, 2016}}</ref> Between 2002 and 2022, Walmart owned the Amigo supermarkets chain in Puerto Rico. In 2022, Walmart announced that it would sell its Amigo stores to Pueblo Inc. and focus on modernizing its 18 Supercenter and Division 1 formats and seven Sam's Clubs stores.<ref name="Ramírez-Santos">{{cite news |last1=Ramírez-Santos |first1=Hernando |title=Walmart Puerto Rico to Sell its 11 Amigo Stores to Supermercados Pueblo |url=https://abasto.com/en/news/walmart-puerto-rico-to-sell-its-11-amigo-stores-to-supermercados-pueblo/ |access-date=October 13, 2022 |work=Abasto |date=July 5, 2022 |archive-date=October 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013153605/https://abasto.com/en/news/walmart-puerto-rico-to-sell-its-11-amigo-stores-to-supermercados-pueblo/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ==== Initiatives ==== In September 2006, Walmart announced a pilot program to sell [[generic drug]]s at $4 per prescription. The program was launched at stores in the [[Tampa, Florida]], area, and by January 2007 had been expanded to all stores in Florida. While the average price of generics is $29 per prescription, compared to $102 for name-brand drugs, Walmart maintains that it is not selling at a loss, or providing them as an act of charity—instead, they are using the same mechanisms of mass distribution that it uses to bring lower prices to other products.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6119292 |title = Walmart to Sell Generic Drugs for $4 |last = Silberner |first = Joanne |date = September 21, 2006 |publisher = [[All Things Considered]] ([[NPR]]) |access-date = March 10, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100127064901/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6119292 |archive-date = January 27, 2010}}</ref> Many of Walmart's low cost generics are imported from India, where they are made by drug makers that include [[Ranbaxy Laboratories]] and [[Cipla]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=326184 |title = Pharma firms boost Walmart revenues |newspaper = [[Business Standard]] |date = June 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130117025420/http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=326184 |archive-date = January 17, 2013 }}</ref> On February 6, 2007, the company launched a "beta" version of a movie download service, which sold about 3,000 films and television episodes from all major studios and television networks.<ref name="Morphy">{{cite news |last1=Morphy |first1=Erika |title=Wal-Mart Launches Online Movie Download Store |url=https://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/wal-mart-launches-online-movie-download-store-55603.html |access-date=October 12, 2022 |work=E-Commerce Times |date=February 6, 2007 |archive-date=October 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002192018/https://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/wal-mart-launches-online-movie-download-store-55603.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The service was discontinued on December 21, 2007, due to low sales.<ref name="moviedownloaddiscontinued">{{cite news |first1 = Matt |last1 = Richtel |first2 = Brad |last2 = Stone |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/01/technology/01iht-walmart.1.8968826.html |title = Walmart's movie download service passes into ignominy |work = The New York Times |date = January 1, 2008 |access-date = January 2, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150904032106/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/01/technology/01iht-walmart.1.8968826.html |archive-date = September 4, 2015}}</ref> In 2008, Walmart started a pilot program in the small grocery store concept called Marketside in the metropolitan [[Phoenix, Arizona]] area. The four stores closed in 2011.<ref name="Jarman_Max">{{cite news |last = Jarman |first = Max |title = Walmart closes its 4 Marketside stores in the Phoenix area. |url = https://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2011/10/16/20111016biz-walmart1016.html |access-date = July 22, 2012 |newspaper = [[The Arizona Republic]] |date = October 16, 2011 |archive-date = January 20, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120120123927/http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2011/10/16/20111016biz-walmart1016.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> [[File:WalmartPickupRichmondHill3.jpg|thumb|A Walmart Pickup location in Canada]] In 2015, Walmart began testing a free grocery pickup service, allowing customers to select products online and choose their pickup time. At the store, a Walmart employee loads the groceries into the customer's car. {{As of|2017|December|17|df=US|post=,}} the service is available in 39 U.S. states.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://grocery.walmart.com/locations/index.html|title=Online Grocery Shopping {{!}} Free Pickup {{!}} Walmart Grocery|website=grocery.walmart.com|access-date=December 17, 2017|archive-date=December 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101214/https://grocery.walmart.com/locations/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2016, Walmart announced a change to ShippingPass, its three-day shipping service, and that it will move from a three-day delivery to two-day delivery to remain competitive with Amazon.<ref>Sarah Perez, TechCrunch. "[https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/12/walmart-begins-testing-2-day-shipping-service-to-take-on-amazon-prime/ Walmart begins testing 2-day shipping service to take on Amazon Prime] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525041834/https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/12/walmart-begins-testing-2-day-shipping-service-to-take-on-amazon-prime/ |date=May 25, 2017 }}." May 12, 2016. May 13, 2016.</ref> Walmart priced it at 49 dollars per year, compared to Amazon Prime's 99-dollar-per-year price.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2016/06/29/walmart-amps-up-campaign-to-take-on-amazon-prime/ |title = Walmart amps up campaign to take on Amazon Prime |newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] |first = Sarah |last = Halzack |date = June 29, 2016 |access-date = October 6, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161011192121/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2016/06/29/walmart-amps-up-campaign-to-take-on-amazon-prime/ |archive-date = October 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.yahoo.com/tech/amazon-prime-day-deals-not-160751363.html |title = Walmart Competes with Amazon.com |last = Chang |first = Lulu |date = July 11, 2016 |access-date = July 11, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160709211447/https://www.yahoo.com/tech/amazon-prime-day-deals-not-160751363.html |archive-date = July 9, 2016}}</ref> In June 2016, Walmart and Sam's Club announced that they would begin testing a last-mile grocery delivery that used services including [[Uber]], [[Lyft]], and [[Deliv]], to bring customers' orders to their homes. Walmart customers would be able to shop using the company's online grocery service at grocery.walmart.com, then request delivery at checkout for a small fee. The first tests were planned to go live in Denver and Phoenix.<ref>Sarah Perez, TechCrunch. "[https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/02/walmart-will-test-last-mile-grocery-delivery-via-uber-lyft-and-deliv/ Walmart will test last-mile grocery delivery via Uber, Lyft and Deliv] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525042145/https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/02/walmart-will-test-last-mile-grocery-delivery-via-uber-lyft-and-deliv/ |date=May 25, 2017 }}." June 2, 2016. June 3, 2016.</ref> Walmart announced on March 14, 2018, that it would expand online delivery to 100 metropolitan regions in the United States, the equivalent of 40 percent of households, by the end of the year of 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/business/dealbook/walmart-online-delivery-groceries.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314154238/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/business/dealbook/walmart-online-delivery-groceries.html |archive-date=March 14, 2018 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Walmart Expands Online Grocery Delivery to 100 Cities|last1=Hsu|first1=Tiffany|date=March 14, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 3, 2018|last2=Wingfield|first2=Nick|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Walmart's Winemakers Selection [[private label]] wine was introduced in June 2018 in about 1,100 stores. The wine, from domestic and international sources, was described by ''Washington Post'' food and wine columnist Dave McIntyre as notably good for the inexpensive ($11 to $16 per bottle) price level.<ref name="wp92818">{{cite news |first1=Dave |last1=McIntyre |title=Walmart's new line of wines is just the juice that bargain-hunting Americans need |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/walmarts-new-line-of-wines-is-just-the-juice-that-bargain-hunting-americans-need/2018/09/28/ee376a82-c281-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html |access-date=September 30, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=September 28, 2018 |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125114828/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/walmarts-new-line-of-wines-is-just-the-juice-that-bargain-hunting-americans-need/2018/09/28/ee376a82-c281-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2019, Walmart announced that customers in 2,000 locations in 29 states can use the grocery pickup service for their adult beverage purchases. Walmart will also deliver adult beverages from nearly 200 stores across California and Florida.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/online-retail/walmart-grocery-pickup-now-offers-adult-beverages-2000-stores|title=Walmart Grocery Pickup now offers adult beverages at 2,000 stores|date=October 30, 2019|website=Supermarket News|access-date=October 31, 2019|archive-date=October 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031193306/https://www.supermarketnews.com/online-retail/walmart-grocery-pickup-now-offers-adult-beverages-2000-stores|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2020, Walmart announced a new membership program called, "Walmart +". The news came shortly after Walmart announced the discontinuation of its personal shopping service, Jetblack.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/walmart-creating-a-membership-program-called-walmart-2020-02-27|title=Walmart creating a membership program called Walmart+|last=Garcia|first=Tonya|website=MarketWatch|access-date=February 28, 2020|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127211346/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/walmart-creating-a-membership-program-called-walmart-2020-02-27|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/27/21154357/walmart-plus-walmart-grocery-delivery-unlimited-membership-amazon-prime|title=Walmart is quietly working on an Amazon Prime competitor called Walmart+|last=Rey|first=Jason Del|date=February 27, 2020|website=Vox|access-date=February 28, 2020|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126075452/https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/27/21154357/walmart-plus-walmart-grocery-delivery-unlimited-membership-amazon-prime|url-status=live}}</ref> ====Numbers of stores by state==== Locations as of October 1, 2022 {| {{Table|sort}} ! State !! Supercenters !! Discount<br />Stores !! Neighborhood<br />Markets !! Amigos !! Sam's<br />Clubs !! Other<br />Pharmacy<br />Formats !! Total<br />stores |- | [[Alabama]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Alabama |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/alabama |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200225/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/alabama |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 101 | 1 | 28 | | 13 | 1 | 144 |- | [[Alaska]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Alaska |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/alaska |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200246/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/alaska |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 7 | 2 | | | | | 9 |- | [[Arizona]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Arizona |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/arizona |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200204/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/arizona |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 84 | 2 | 26 | | 12 | | 124 |- | [[Arkansas]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Arkansas |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/arkansas |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200202/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/arkansas |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 76 | 5 | 33 | | 11 | 8 | 133 |- | [[California]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in California |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/california |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200224/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/california |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 144 | 68 | 66 | | 30 | 1 | 309 |- | [[Colorado]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Colorado |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/colorado |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200211/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/colorado |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 70 | 4 | 14 | | 17 | | 105 |- | [[Connecticut]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Connecticut |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/connecticut |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200228/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/connecticut |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 12 | 21 | | | 1 | | 34 |- | [[Delaware]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Delaware |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/delaware |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200223/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/delaware |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 6 | 3 | | | 1 | | 10 |- | [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in the District of Columbia |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/district-of-columbia |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200244/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/district-of-columbia |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 3 | | | | | | 3 |- | [[Florida]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Florida |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/florida |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200223/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/florida |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 232 | 9 | 98 | | 46 | 2 | 387 |- | [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Georgia |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/georgia |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200237/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/georgia |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 154 | 2 | 31 | | 24 | 4 | 215 |- | [[Hawaii]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Hawaii |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/hawaii |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200229/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/hawaii |url-status=dead }}</ref> | | 10 | | | 2 | | 12 |- | [[Idaho]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Idaho |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/idaho |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200243/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/idaho |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 23 | | 3 | | 1 | | 27 |- | [[Illinois]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Illinois |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/illinois |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200249/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/illinois |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 139 | 15 | 5 | | 25 | | 184 |- | [[Indiana]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Indiana |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/indiana |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200215/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/indiana |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 97 | 6 | 9 | | 13 | 2 | 127 |- | [[Iowa]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Iowa |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/iowa |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200231/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/iowa |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 58 | 2 | | | 9 | | 69 |- | [[Kansas]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Kansas |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/kansas |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200248/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/kansas |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 58 | 2 | 14 | | 9 | | 83 |- | [[Kentucky]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Kentucky |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/kentucky |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200251/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/kentucky |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 77 | 7 | 7 | | 9 | 1 | 101 |- | [[Louisiana]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Louisiana |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/louisiana |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200239/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/louisiana |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 88 | 2 | 33 | | 14 | 1 | 138 |- | [[Maine]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Maine |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/maine |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200233/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/maine |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 19 | 3 | | | 3 | | 25 |- | [[Maryland]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Maryland |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/maryland |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200213/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/maryland |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 31 | 16 | | | 11 | 2 | 60 |- | [[Massachusetts]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Massachusetts |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/massachusetts |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200219/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/massachusetts |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 27 | 21 | | | | | 48 |- | [[Michigan]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Michigan |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/michigan |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200222/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/michigan |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 90 | 3 | | | 23 | 1 | 117 |- | [[Minnesota]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Minnesota |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/minnesota |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200217/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/minnesota |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 65 | 3 | | | 12 | | 80 |- | [[Mississippi]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Mississippi |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/mississippi |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200212/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/mississippi |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 65 | 3 | 10 | | 7 | 1 | 86 |- | [[Missouri]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Missouri |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/missouri |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200216/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/missouri |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 112 | 9 | 16 | | 19 | | 156 |- | [[Montana]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Montana |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/montana |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200213/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/montana |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 14 | | | | 2 | | 16 |- | [[Nebraska]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Nebraska |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/nebraska |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200236/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/nebraska |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 35 | | 7 | | 5 | | 47 |- | [[Nevada]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Nevada |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/nevada |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200227/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/nevada |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 30 | 2 | 11 | | 7 | | 50 |- | [[New Hampshire]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in New Hampshire |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/new-hampshire |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200250/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/new-hampshire |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 19 | 7 | | | 2 | | 28 |- | [[New Jersey]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in New Jersey |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/new-jersey |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524182423/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/new-jersey |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 35 | 27 | | | 8 | | 70 |- | [[New Mexico]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in New Mexico |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/new-mexico |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200247/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/new-mexico |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 35 | 2 | 9 | | 7 | | 53 |- | [[New York (state)|New York]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in New York |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/new-york |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200227/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/new-york |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 82 | 16 | 1 | | 12 | | 111 |- | [[North Carolina]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in North Carolina |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/north-carolina |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200210/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/north-carolina |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 143 | 6 | 43 | | 22 | | 214 |- | [[North Dakota]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in North Dakota |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/north-dakota |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200238/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/north-dakota |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 14 | | | | 3 | | 17 |- | [[Ohio]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Ohio |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/ohio |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200234/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/ohio |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 138 | 5 | | | 27 | | 170 |- | [[Oklahoma]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Oklahoma |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/oklahoma |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200207/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/oklahoma |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 81 | 7 | 33 | | 13 | | 134 |- | [[Oregon]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Oregon |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/oregon |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200241/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/oregon |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 29 | 7 | 9 | | | | 45 |- | [[Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Pennsylvania |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/pennsylvania |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200237/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/pennsylvania |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 116 | 20 | | | 24 | | 160 |- | [[Puerto Rico]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Puerto Rico |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/puerto-rico |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200214/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/puerto-rico |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 13 | 5 | | 11 | 7 | | 36 |- | [[Rhode Island]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Rhode Island |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/rhode-island |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200220/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/rhode-island |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 5 | 4 | | | | | 9 |- | [[South Carolina]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in South Carolina |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/south-carolina |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200232/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/south-carolina |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 83 | | 26 | | 13 | | 122 |- | [[South Dakota]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in South Dakota |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/south-dakota |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200245/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/south-dakota |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 15 | | | | 2 | | 17 |- | [[Tennessee]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Tennessee |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/tennessee |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200206/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/tennessee |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 117 | 1 | 18 | | 14 | | 150 |- | [[Texas]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Texas |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/texas |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200221/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/texas |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 391 | 18 | 97 | | 82 | 5 | 593 |- | [[Utah]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Utah |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/utah |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200235/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/utah |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 41 | | 10 | | 8 | | 59 |- | [[Vermont]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Vermont |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/vermont |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200206/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/vermont |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 3 | 3 | | | | | 6 |- | [[Virginia]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Virginia |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/virginia |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200205/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/virginia |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 110 | 4 | 20 | | 15 | | 149 |- | [[Washington (state)|Washington]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Washington |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/washington |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200230/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/washington |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 52 | 9 | 4 | | | | 65 |- | [[West Virginia]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in West Virginia |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/west-virginia |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200242/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/west-virginia |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 38 | | | | 5 | 1 | 44 |- | [[Wisconsin]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Wisconsin |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/wisconsin |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200246/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/wisconsin |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 83 | 4 | 2 | | 10 | | 99 |- | [[Wyoming]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart in Wyoming |url=https://corporate.walmart.com/about/wyoming |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=Corporate - US |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523200240/https://corporate.walmart.com/about/wyoming |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 12 | | | | 2 | | 14 |} === Walmart International === <!-- Courtesy note per [[MOS:LINK2SECT]]: [[Walmart International]] and [[Wal-Mart International]] redirect here --> {{As of|2022|10|31|df=US|post=,}} Walmart's international operations comprised 5,266 stores<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> and 800,000 workers in 23 countries outside the United States.<ref name=Walmart_international>{{cite web |url = http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-business/international |title = Walmart International |publisher = Walmart |access-date = January 19, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140118112937/http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-business/international |archive-date = January 18, 2014}}</ref> There are wholly owned operations in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and the UK. With 2.2 million employees worldwide, the company is the largest private employer in the U.S. and Mexico, and one of the largest in Canada.<ref name=OurBusiness>{{cite web |title = Walmart Corporate: Our Business |url = http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-business/ |publisher = Walmart |access-date = January 19, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140103075916/http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-business/ |archive-date = January 3, 2014}}</ref> In fiscal 2019 Walmart's international division sales were {{US$|120.824 billion}}, or 23.7 percent of total sales.<ref name="xbrlus_1"/><ref name="2016 Annual Report Page 20"/> International retail units range from {{convert|1400|to|186000|sqft|abbr=off|sp=us}}, while wholesale units range from {{convert|24000|to|158000|sqft|abbr=off|sp=us}}.<ref name="2022 10-K"/> Kathryn McLay is the president and CEO of Walmart International.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walmart International CEO Kath McLay says her first weeks were like 'drinking from a firehose' |url=https://fortune.com/2023/10/18/walmart-international-ceo-kath-mclay-sales-strategy-sams-club/ |access-date=January 13, 2024 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref><ref name="leadership"/> ==== Central America ==== Walmart also owns 51 percent of the Central American Retail Holding Company (CARHCO), which, {{as of|2022|10|31|df=US|lc=y|post=,}} consists of 868 stores, including 263 stores in [[Guatemala]] (under the Paiz, Walmart Supercenter, Despensa Familiar, and Maxi Dispensa banners),<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> 102 stores in [[El Salvador]] (under the Despensa Familiar, La Despensa de Don Juan, Walmart Supercenter, and Maxi Despensa banners),<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> 111 stores in [[Honduras]] (including the Paiz, Walmart Supercenter, Dispensa Familiar, and Maxi Despensa banners),<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> 102 stores in [[Nicaragua]] (including the Pali, La Unión, Maxi Pali, and Walmart Supercenter banners),<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> and 290 stores in [[Costa Rica]] (including the Maxi Pali, Mas X Menos, Walmart Supercenter, and Pali banners<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/>).<ref name="sec2006">"[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104169/000119312506066792/d10k.htm Walmart SEC Form 10-K] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710094440/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104169/000119312506066792/d10k.htm |date=July 10, 2017 }}." ''[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]''. January 31, 2006. Retrieved July 26, 2006.</ref> ==== Chile ==== {{Main|Líder}} <!-- Courtesy note per [[MOS:LINK2SECT]]: [[Distribución y Servicio]], [[Distribucion y Servicio]] and [[Walmart Chile]] redirect here --> In January 2009, the company acquired a controlling interest in the largest grocer in [[Chile]], Distribución y Servicio D&S SA.<ref name="Stanford 13">{{cite news |title = Wal-Mart names Chile head Ostale chief of Latin America |last1 = Stanford |first1 = Duane D. |url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-01-11/wal-mart-names-chile-head-ostale-chief-of-latin-america |magazine = Bloomberg |date = January 11, 2013 |access-date = February 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306075617/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-01-11/wal-mart-names-chile-head-ostale-chief-of-latin-america |archive-date = March 6, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Bustillo 08">{{cite news |title = Wal-Mart offers to acquire Chile's largest grocery chain |last1 = Bustillo |first1 = Miguel |url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122979761002424187 |newspaper = The Wall Street Journal |date = December 22, 2008 |access-date = February 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160307015629/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122979761002424187 |archive-date = March 7, 2016}}</ref> In 2010, the company was renamed [[Walmart Chile]].<ref name="Diario Financiero 10">{{cite news |title = D&S cambia su razón social por Wal Mart Chile |url = https://www.df.cl/noticias/empresas/d-s-cambia-su-razon-social-por-wal-mart-chile/2010-10-28/110300.html |newspaper = Diario Financiero |date = October 28, 2010 |access-date = February 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306140633/https://www.df.cl/noticias/empresas/d-s-cambia-su-razon-social-por-wal-mart-chile/2010-10-28/110300.html |archive-date = March 6, 2016}}</ref> {{As of|2022|10|31|df=US|post=,}} Walmart Chile operates around 384 stores under the banners Lider, Express de Lider, Superbodega Acuenta, and Central Mayorista.<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> ==== Mexico ==== {{Main|Walmart de México y Centroamérica}} [[File:Walmart avila camacho .jpg|thumb|Walmart in Mexico|alt=]] Walmart opened its first international store in Mexico in 1991.<ref name="Volpe"/> {{As of|2022|10|31|df=US|post=,}} Walmart's Mexico division, the largest outside the U.S., consisted of 2,804 stores.<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> Walmart in Mexico operates Walmart Supercenter, Sam's Club, [[Bodega Aurrera]], Mi Bodega Aurrera, Bodega Aurrera Express and Walmart Express.<ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> ==== Canada ==== {{Main|Walmart Canada}} [[File:RichmondHillWalmart.jpg|thumb|Walmart Supercentre in [[Richmond Hill, Ontario]], Canada in September 2017|alt=]] Walmart has operated in Canada since it acquired 122 stores comprising the [[Woolco]] division of [[F. W. Woolworth Company|Woolworth Canada, Inc]] on January 14, 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/when-walmart-set-its-sights-on-the-canadian-market-1.5418192|title=When Walmart set its sights on the Canadian market|work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC Archives]]|date=January 14, 1994|access-date=January 14, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030021318/https://www.cbc.ca/archives/when-walmart-set-its-sights-on-the-canadian-market-1.5418192|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2022|10|31|df=US|post=,}} it operates 402 locations (including 343 supercentres and 59 discount stores)<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> and, {{as of|2015|June|df=US|lc=y|post=,}} it employs 89,358 people, with a local home office in [[Mississauga]], Ontario.<ref name="WalmartCanada">{{cite web |title = Walmart Canada: Corporate Information |url = http://walmartcanada.ca/Pages/About%20Us/168/168/168?lang=en |publisher = Walmart |access-date = January 19, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121004202059/http://walmartcanada.ca/Pages/About%20Us/168/168/168?lang=en |archive-date = October 4, 2012 }}</ref> Walmart Canada's first three Supercentres (spelled in [[Canadian English]]) opened in November 2006 in [[Ancaster, Ontario|Ancaster]], [[London, Ontario|London]], and [[Stouffville, Ontario|Stouffville]], Ontario.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2006/11/07/wawlmart-superstores.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114024143/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2006/11/07/wawlmart-superstores.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 14, 2012|title=Wal-Mart unveils plans to open up to 14 supercentres in 2007 – CBC News|date=November 14, 2012|access-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref> In 2010, approximately one year after its incorporation of Schedule 2 (foreign-owned, deposit-taking) of Canada's ''[[Bank Act (Canada)|Bank Act]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2009/2009-08-08/html/notice-avis-eng.html|title= Canada Gazette – Government Notices|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220034007/http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2009/2009-08-08/html/notice-avis-eng.html |archive-date=December 20, 2010 }}</ref> Walmart Canada Bank was introduced with the launch of the Walmart (Canada) Rewards MasterCard.<ref name="walmart_canada_bank">{{cite news |title = Walmart Canada Bank launches Walmart Rewards MasterCard |url = http://smr.newswire.ca/en/walmart-canada-bank/walmart-canada-bank-launches-walmart-rewards-mastercard |access-date = June 29, 2011 |newspaper = newswire.ca |date = June 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100621125620/http://smr.newswire.ca/en/walmart-canada-bank/walmart-canada-bank-launches-walmart-rewards-mastercard |archive-date = June 21, 2010 }}</ref> Less than ten years later, however, on May 17, 2018, Wal-Mart Canada announced it had reached a definitive agreement to sell Wal-Mart Canada Bank to [[First National Financial Corporation|First National]] co-founder Stephen Smith and private equity firm [[Centerbridge Partners|Centerbridge Partners, L.P.]], on undisclosed financial terms, though it added that it would still be issuer of the Walmart (Canada) Rewards MasterCard.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/walmart-sells-canadian-banking-operation-to-u-s-firm-canadian-financier-1.3935092|title=Walmart sells Canadian banking operation to U.S. firm, Canadian financier|date=May 17, 2018|agency=The Canadian Press|access-date=August 26, 2019|publisher=CTV News Online|archive-date=December 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207023705/https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/walmart-sells-canadian-banking-operation-to-u-s-firm-canadian-financier-1.3935092|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 1, 2019, [[Centerbridge Partners|Centerbridge Partners, L.P.]] and Stephen Smith jointly announced the closing of the previously announced acquisition of Wal-Mart Canada Bank and that it was to be renamed Duo Bank of Canada, to be styled simply as Duo Bank.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/stephen-smith-and-centerbridge-partners-l-p-complete-acquisition-of-walmart-canada-bank-847394003.html|title=Stephen Smith and Centerbridge Partners, L.P. Complete Acquisition of Walmart Canada Bank|date=April 1, 2019|website=Canada Newswire|publisher=CISION|access-date=August 26, 2019|archive-date=October 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008210929/https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/stephen-smith-and-centerbridge-partners-l-p-complete-acquisition-of-walmart-canada-bank-847394003.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Duo Bank |url=https://www.duobank.com/ |access-date=August 26, 2019 |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021045414/https://www.duobank.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Though exact ownership percentages were never revealed in either company announcement, it has also since been revealed that Duo Bank was reclassified as a Schedule 1 (domestic, deposit-taking)<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Services |url=https://www.duobank.com/our-services/ |website=Duo Bank |access-date=August 26, 2019 |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021035426/https://www.duobank.com/our-services/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="osfi-wwr">{{cite web |title=Who We Regulate |date=October 30, 2012 |url=http://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/Eng/wt-ow/Pages/wwr-er.aspx?sc=1&gc=1&ic=1#WWRLink111 |publisher=Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions |access-date=August 26, 2019 |archive-date=December 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222171549/https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/Eng/wt-ow/Pages/wwr-er.aspx?sc=1&gc=1&ic=1#WWRLink111 |url-status=live }}</ref> federally chartered bank of the ''[[Bank Act (Canada)|Bank Act]]'' in Canada from the Schedule 2 (foreign-owned or -controlled, deposit-taking)<ref name="osfi-wwr"/> that it had been, which indicates that Stephen Smith, as a noted Canadian businessman, is in a [[Controlling interest|controlling]] position. ==== Africa ==== On September 28, 2010, Walmart announced it would buy [[Massmart Holdings Ltd]]. of [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]] in a deal worth over {{US$|4 billion}} giving the company its first footprint in Africa.<ref name="Wake">{{cite news |url = http://www.journalnow.com/business/head-of-wal-mart-tells-wfu-audience-of-plans-for/article_5ad539d5-d616-55ba-ab27-aeaf45b06074.html |title = Head of Walmart tells WFU audience of plans for growth over next 20 years |last = Daniel |first = Fran |work = [[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date = September 29, 2010 |access-date = March 7, 2016 |archive-date = June 19, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160619100256/http://www.journalnow.com/business/head-of-wal-mart-tells-wfu-audience-of-plans-for/article_5ad539d5-d616-55ba-ab27-aeaf45b06074.html |url-status = live }}</ref> {{As of|2022|10|31|df=US|post=,}} it has 411 stores, including 361 stores in South Africa (under the banners Game Foodco, CBW, Game, Builders Express, Builders Warehouse, Cambridge, Rhino, Makro, Builders Trade Depot, Jumbo, and Builders Superstore),<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> 11 stores in [[Botswana]] (under the banners CBW, Game Foodco, and Builders Warehouse),<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> 4 stores in [[Ghana]] (under the Game Foodco banner),<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> 4 stores in [[Kenya]] (under the banners Game Foodco and Builders Warehouse),<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> 3 stores in [[Lesotho]] (under the banners CBW and Game Foodco),<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/> 2 stores in [[Malawi]] (under the Game banner),<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> 6 stores in [[Mozambique]] (under the banners Builders Warehouse, Game Foodco, CBW, and Builders Express),<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> 5 stores in [[Namibia]] (under the banners Game Foodco and Game),<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> 5 stores in [[Nigeria]] (under the banners Game and Game Foodco),<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> 1 store in [[Eswatini|Swaziland]] (under the CBW banner),<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> 1 store in [[Tanzania]] (under the Game Foodco banner),<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> 1 store in [[Uganda]] (under the Game banner),<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> and 7 stores in [[Zambia]] (under the banners CBW, Game Foodco, Builders Warehouse, and Builders Express).<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> {{anchor|Asia}} <!-- There is a redirect [[Wal-Mart Asia]] to the section heading #Asia which no longer exists. Fortunately, the three Asian countries (China, India, Japan) are still contiguous so we can place an anchor here. See [[WP:LINK2SECT]], [[WP:RSECT]]. --> ==== China ==== [[File:20170212 Bilingual signs in Walmart Hangzhou Toys.jpg|thumb|upright|A Walmart in [[Hangzhou]], China in February 2017|alt=An aisle in a Walmart store in China]] Walmart has joint ventures in China and several majority-owned subsidiaries. {{As of|2022|10|31|df=US|post=,}} Walmart China (沃尔玛 ''Wò'ērmǎ'')<ref>{{cite web |title = Walmart China – Official website |url = http://www.wal-martchina.com/walmart/wminchina_map.htm |website = wal-martchina.com |publisher = Walmart |access-date = March 11, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160314042735/http://wal-martchina.com/walmart/wminchina_map.htm |archive-date = March 14, 2016}}</ref> operates 369 stores under the Walmart Supercenter and Sam's Club banners.<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> In February 2012, Walmart announced that the company raised its stake to 51 percent in Chinese online supermarket [[Yihaodian]] to tap rising consumer wealth and help the company offer more products. Walmart took full ownership in July 2015.<ref name="Jourdan 15">{{cite news |title = Wal-Mart buys out China e-commerce firm Yihaodian in online push |last1 = Jourdan |first1 = Adam |url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wal-mart-stores-china-yihaodian-idUSKCN0PX0D220150723 |work = Reuters |date = July 23, 2015 |access-date = February 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082807/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-wal-mart-stores-china-yihaodian-idUSKCN0PX0D220150723 |archive-date = March 4, 2016}}</ref> In December 2021, the [[Chinese Communist Party]]'s [[Central Commission for Discipline Inspection]] warned Walmart about not stocking products made from inputs from [[Xinjiang]] in response to the [[Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lin|first=Liza|date=December 31, 2021|title=China Warns Walmart Against Removing Products Made in Xinjiang|language=en-US|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-warns-walmart-against-removing-products-made-in-xinjiang-11640967233|access-date=January 2, 2022|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=January 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101213807/https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-warns-walmart-against-removing-products-made-in-xinjiang-11640967233|url-status=live}}</ref> ==== India ==== [[File:Best Price Modern Wholesale, Hyderabad, India(10 Aug 2019).jpg|thumb|A Best Price Modern Wholesale store in [[Hyderabad]]]] <!-- Courtesy note per [[MOS:LINK2SECT]]: [[India walmart]], [[Walmart (India)]] and others redirect here --> In November 2006, the company announced a joint venture with [[Bharti Enterprises]] to operate in India. As foreign corporations were not allowed to enter the retail sector directly, Walmart operated through franchises and handled the wholesale end of the business.<ref name="walmartindia">Giridharadas A., Rai S. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/27/business/worldbusiness/27cnd-walmart.html "Walmart to Open Hundreds of Stores in India"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701110549/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/27/business/worldbusiness/27cnd-walmart.html |date=July 1, 2017 }}. ''The New York Times''. November 27, 2006. Retrieved November 27, 2006.</ref> The partnership involved two joint ventures—Bharti manages the front end, involving opening of retail outlets while Walmart takes care of the back end, such as [[cold chain]]s and logistics. Walmart operates stores in India under the name Best Price Modern Wholesale.<ref name="Mathew 13">{{cite news |title = Wal-Mart to run India wholesale business single-handedly |last1 = Mathew |first1 = Jerin |url = http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/wal-mart-bharti-india-retail-fdi-reforms-512464 |newspaper = [[International Business Times]] |date = October 9, 2013 |access-date = February 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306222500/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/wal-mart-bharti-india-retail-fdi-reforms-512464 |archive-date = March 6, 2016}}</ref> The first store opened in [[Amritsar]] on May 30, 2009. On September 14, 2012, the Government of India approved 51 percent FDI in multi-brand retails, subject to approval by individual states, effective September 20, 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title = Govt allows FDI in multi-brand retail, aviation |url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Govt-allows-FDI-in-multi-brand-retail-aviation/articleshow/16397960.cms |date = September 14, 2012 |agency = Reuters |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120915090846/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Govt-allows-FDI-in-multi-brand-retail-aviation/articleshow/16397960.cms |archive-date = September 15, 2012 |work = The Times of India |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (FC-I Section), Press Note No.5 (2012 Series) – multi brand retail |publisher = Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India |date = September 20, 2012 |url = http://dipp.nic.in/English/acts_rules/Press_Notes/pn5_2012.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160222062405/http://dipp.nic.in/english/acts_rules/Press_Notes/pn5_2012.pdf |archive-date = February 22, 2016}}</ref> Scott Price, Walmart's president and CEO for Asia, told ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' that the company would be able to start opening Walmart stores in India within two years.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Walmart-hopes-to-open-first-India-store-in-18-months-Report/articleshow/16488898.cms |title = Walmart hopes to open first India store in 18 months: Report |work = The Times of India |date = September 21, 2012 |access-date = September 27, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150226212215/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Walmart-hopes-to-open-first-India-store-in-18-months-Report/articleshow/16488898.cms |archive-date = February 26, 2015}}</ref> Expansion into India faced some significant problems. In November 2012, Walmart admitted to spending {{US$|25 million}} lobbying the [[Indian National Congress]];<ref name="indiatimes">{{cite news |title = Probe Walmart 'bribe', says opposition |url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-11/india/35748837_1_bharti-walmart-indian-market-fdi |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130117025430/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-11/india/35748837_1_bharti-walmart-indian-market-fdi |url-status = dead |archive-date = January 17, 2013 |newspaper = [[The Times of India]] |date = December 11, 2012 }}</ref> lobbying is conventionally considered bribery in India.<ref name="BBCnewsUS">{{cite news |title = US defends Walmart India lobbying |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20674717 |access-date = December 28, 2012 |publisher = BBC News India |date = December 11, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121214073534/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20674717 |archive-date = December 14, 2012}}</ref> Walmart is conducting an internal investigation into potential violations of the [[Foreign Corrupt Practices Act]].<ref name="NYTinquiry">{{cite news |last1 = Clifford |first1 = Stephanie |last2 = Barstow |first2 = David |title = Walmart Inquiry Reflects Alarm on Corruption |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/business/Walmart-expands-foreign-bribery-investigation.html |access-date = December 28, 2012 |work = The New York Times |date = November 15, 2012 |archive-date = July 29, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200729162555/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/business/Walmart-expands-foreign-bribery-investigation.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Bharti Walmart suspended a number of employees, rumored to include its CFO and legal team, to ensure "a complete and thorough investigation".<ref name="NYTIndianBribery">{{cite news |last = Bajaj |first = Vikas |title = India Unit of Walmart Suspends Employees |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/24/business/global/Walmarts-india-venture-suspends-executives-as-part-of-bribery-inquiry.html |access-date = December 28, 2012 |newspaper = The New York Times |date = November 23, 2012 |archive-date = July 29, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200729171405/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/24/business/global/Walmarts-india-venture-suspends-executives-as-part-of-bribery-inquiry.html |url-status = live }}</ref> In October 2013, Bharti and Walmart separated to pursue business independently.<ref name="Times of India">{{cite news |title = Bharti, Wal-Mart end joint venture |url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Bharti-Wal-Mart-end-joint-venture/articleshow/23848813.cms |date = October 10, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161210181157/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Bharti-Wal-Mart-end-joint-venture/articleshow/23848813.cms |archive-date = December 10, 2016}}</ref> On May 9, 2018, Walmart announced its intent to acquire a 77% majority stake in the Indian e-commerce company [[Flipkart]] for $16 billion, in a deal that was completed on August 18, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-bets-15-billion-on-an-e-commerce-passage-to-india-1525690804|title=Walmart Bets $15 Billion on an E-Commerce Passage to India|last1=Purnell|first1=Newley|date=May 7, 2018|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=May 7, 2018|last2=Bellman|first2=Eric|issn=0099-9660|last3=Abrams|first3=Corinne|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109031102/https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-bets-15-billion-on-an-e-commerce-passage-to-india-1525690804|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/walmart-expects-to-close-flipkart-deal-by-the-end-of-2018-2583161.html|title=Walmart expects to close Flipkart deal by the end of 2018|website=Moneycontrol|date=June 5, 2018|access-date=June 6, 2018|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028155507/https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/walmart-expects-to-close-flipkart-deal-by-the-end-of-2018-2583161.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Walmart completes deal to acquire 77% stake in Flipkart, to invest $2 billion – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/walmart-completes-deal-to-acquire-77-stake-in-flipkart-to-invest-2-billion/articleshow/65454382.cms |website=The Times of India |date=August 18, 2018 |access-date=August 30, 2018 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109020318/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/walmart-completes-deal-to-acquire-77-stake-in-flipkart-to-invest-2-billion/articleshow/65454382.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|2022|10|31|df=US|post=,}} there are 28 Best Price Modern Wholesale locations.<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> ==== Setbacks ==== <!-- Courtesy note per [[MOS:LINK2SECT]]: [[Walmart Brasil]] and others link here. --> In the 1990s, Walmart tried with a large financial investment to get a foothold in both German and Indonesian retail markets. Walmart entered Indonesia with the opening of stores in [[Lippo Karawaci|Lippo]] Supermall (now known as Supermal Karawaci) and Megamall Pluit (now known as [[Pluit Village]]) respectively, under a joint-venture agreement with local conglomerate [[Lippo Group]]. Both stores closed down due to the [[1997 Asian financial crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 9, 2021|title=5 brand terkenal di dunia yang gagal ekspansi di Indonesia!|url=https://bisnika.hops.id/4-brand-terkenal-di-dunia-yang-gagal-ekspansi-di-indonesia/|access-date=July 19, 2021|website=Info Bisnis dan Keuangan|language=en-US|archive-date=July 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719061856/https://bisnika.hops.id/4-brand-terkenal-di-dunia-yang-gagal-ekspansi-di-indonesia/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Profil – Walmart|url=https://www.merdeka.com/walmart/profil/|access-date=July 19, 2021|website=merdeka.com|language=en|archive-date=July 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719061851/https://www.merdeka.com/walmart/profil/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pintak|first=Lawrence|date=March 13, 1998|title=Lippo Group sues Wal-Mart over Indonesia pullout (Washington Times)|url=https://pintak.com/1998/03/12/lippo-group-sues-wal-mart-over-indonesia-pullout-washington-times/|access-date=July 30, 2021|website=Lawrence Pintak|language=en|archive-date=July 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730073131/https://pintak.com/1998/03/12/lippo-group-sues-wal-mart-over-indonesia-pullout-washington-times/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1997, Walmart took over the supermarket chain Wertkauf with its 21 stores for [[Deutsche Mark|DM]]750 million<ref>[http://www.ka-news.de/wirtschaft/karlsruhe/Karlsruhe;art127,52059 "Metro takes over Walmart"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618032055/http://www.ka-news.de/wirtschaft/karlsruhe/Karlsruhe;art127,52059 |date=June 18, 2009 }}. (in German). ka-news. August 3, 2006</ref> and the following year Walmart acquired 74 Interspar stores for DM1.3 billion.<ref>[http://www.zeit.de/1999/40/Schnitte "Cuts"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301024822/http://www.zeit.de/1999/40/Schnitte |date=March 1, 2016 }}. (in German). ''[[Die Zeit]]''.</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20140119084037/http://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/news/Walmart-in-deutschland-ein-zwerg-536713.html "A Dwarf in Germany"]. (in German). ''[[Stern (magazine)|Stern]]''. February 18, 2005.</ref> The German market at this point was an oligopoly with high competition among companies which used a similar low price strategy as Walmart. As a result, Walmart's low price strategy yielded no competitive advantage. Walmart's [[Organizational culture|corporate culture]] was not viewed positively among employees and customers, particularly Walmart's "statement of ethics", which attempted to restrict relationships between employees, a possible violation of German labor law, and led to a public discussion in the media, resulting in a bad reputation among customers.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/549609.html |title = Walmart Employees may love too |work = Stern |date = November 15, 2005 |language=de |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080530013145/http://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/549609.html |archive-date = May 30, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article177942/Walmart-Mitarbeiter_duerfen_flirten.html |title = Walmart Employees may flirt |language=de |newspaper = [[Die Welt]] |date = November 15, 2005 }}</ref> In July 2006, Walmart announced its withdrawal from Germany due to sustained losses. The stores were sold to the German company [[Metro AG|Metro]] during Walmart's fiscal third quarter.<ref name="Boyle 09" /><ref name="walmartgermany">{{cite news |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5223432.stm |title = Walmart Abandons German Venture |work = BBC News |date = July 28, 2006 |access-date = July 31, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090115081000/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5223432.stm |archive-date = January 15, 2009}}</ref> Walmart did not disclose its losses from its German investment, but they were estimated to be around {{Euro}}3 billion.<ref>{{cite magazine |url = http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,429017,00.html |title = Spiegel: Why the american Titan failed |language=de |magazine = [[Der Spiegel]] |date = July 28, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120118130337/http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,429017,00.html |archive-date = January 18, 2012}}</ref> [[File:Hiper Bompreço.JPG|thumb|A [[Bompreço|Hiper Bompreço]] in [[Natal, Brazil]] in May 2008]] In 2004, Walmart bought the 118 stores in the [[Bompreço]] supermarket chain in northeastern Brazil. In late 2005, it took control of the Brazilian operations of [[Sonae]] Distribution Group through its new subsidiary, WMS Supermercados do Brasil, thus acquiring control of the Nacional and Mercadorama supermarket chains, the leaders in the [[Rio Grande do Sul]] and [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]] states, respectively. None of these stores were rebranded. {{As of|2014|01|df=US|post=,}} Walmart operated 61 Bompreço supermarkets, 39 Hiper Bompreço stores. It also ran 57 Walmart Supercenters, 27 Sam's Clubs, and 174 Todo Dia stores. With the acquisition of Bompreço and Sonae, by 2010, Walmart was the third-largest supermarket chain in Brazil, behind [[Carrefour]] and [[GPA (company)|Pão de Açúcar]].<ref name="WalmartBrazil">{{cite web |title = Walmart Corporate: Brazil |url = http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/locations/brazil |publisher = Walmart |access-date = January 19, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140211004203/http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/locations/brazil |archive-date = February 11, 2014}}</ref> Walmart Brasil, the operating company, has its head office in [[Barueri]], São Paulo State, and regional offices in [[Curitiba]], Paraná; [[Porto Alegre]], Rio Grande do Sul; [[Recife]], Pernambuco; and [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], Bahia.<ref>"[http://www.walmartbrasil.com.br/sobre-o-walmart/no-brasil/ No Brasil] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510133406/http://www.walmartbrasil.com.br/sobre-o-walmart/no-brasil/ |date=May 10, 2015 }}." [[Walmart Brasil]]. Retrieved November 7, 2011.</ref> Walmart Brasil operates under the banners Todo Dia, Nacional, Bompreço, Walmart Supercenter, Maxxi Atacado, Hipermercado Big, Hiper Bompreço, Sam's Club, Mercadorama, Walmart Posto (Gas Station), Supermercado Todo Dia, and Hiper Todo Dia. Recently, the company started the conversion process of all Hiper Bompreço and Big stores into Walmart Supercenters and Bompreço, Nacional and Mercadorama stores into the Walmart Supermercado brand. Since August 2018, Walmart Inc. only holds a minority stake in Walmart Brasil, which was renamed Grupo Big on August 12, 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Feliciano|first=Dorah|date=August 13, 2019|title=Walmart Brazil Renamed 'Grupo Big' and Plans to Expand its Stores|url=https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/walmart-brazil-gets-renamed-to-grupo-big-and-plans-to-expand-its-stores/|website=The Rio Times|access-date=August 14, 2019|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127170932/https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/walmart-brazil-gets-renamed-to-grupo-big-and-plans-to-expand-its-stores/|url-status=live}}</ref> with 20% of the company's shares, and [[private equity]] firm [[Advent International]] holding 80% ownership of the company.<ref name="AdventWalmartBrazil">{{cite web |title = Advent International to acquire majority stake in Walmart Brazil |date = June 4, 2018 |url = https://www.adventinternational.com/advent-international-acquire-majority-stake-walmart-brazil/ |publisher = Advent International |access-date = October 23, 2018 |archive-date = December 16, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201216224224/https://www.adventinternational.com/advent-international-acquire-majority-stake-walmart-brazil/ |url-status = live }}</ref> On March 24, 2021, it was announced that [[Carrefour]] would be acquiring Grupo Big.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Carrefour reinforces its leading position in Brazil with the acquisition of Grupo BIG|url=https://www.carrefour.com/en/actuality/carrefour-reinforces-its-leading-position-brazil-acquisition-grupo-big|access-date=May 18, 2021|website=Carrefour Group|archive-date=May 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518195452/https://www.carrefour.com/en/actuality/carrefour-reinforces-its-leading-position-brazil-acquisition-grupo-big|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Walmart Supercenter Argentina.jpg|thumb|A Walmart Supercenter in Argentina in February 2019]] Walmart Argentina was founded in 1995 and operates stores under the banners Walmart Supercenter, Changomas, Mi Changomas, and Punto Mayorista. On November 6, 2020, it was announced that Walmart has sold its Argentine operations to Grupo de Narváez and renamed Hiper Changomas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grupo de Narváez Acquires Full Ownership of Walmart Argentina|url=https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2020/11/06/grupo-de-narvaez-acquires-full-ownership-of-walmart-argentina|access-date=November 6, 2020|website=Corporate – US|archive-date=December 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214161714/https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2020/11/06/grupo-de-narvaez-acquires-full-ownership-of-walmart-argentina|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Asda, Dalgety Bay, Nov 2008 - geograph.org.uk - 1045503.jpg|thumb|ASDA Supermarket in Fife, Scotland]] Walmart's UK subsidiary [[Asda]] (which retained its name after being acquired by Walmart) is based in [[Leeds]] and accounted for 42.7 percent of 2006 sales of Walmart's international division. In contrast to the U.S. operations, Asda was originally and still remains primarily a grocery chain, but with a stronger focus on non-food items than most UK supermarket chains other than [[Tesco]]. In 2010 Asda acquired stores from [[Netto UK]]. In addition to small suburban Asda Supermarkets,<ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> larger stores are branded Supercentres.<ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/><!-- Supercentres is correct; see talk page. --> Other banners include Asda Superstores, Asda Living, and Asda Petrol Fueling Station.<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/><ref>[http://www.asda.jobs/all-about/who-we-are/stores.html ASDA Careers: All about ASDA Stores]. Retrieved August 7, 2011 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110803164941/http://www.asda.jobs/all-about/who-we-are/stores.html |date=August 3, 2011 }}</ref> In July 2015, Asda updated its logo featuring the Walmart Asterisks behind the first 'A' in the Logo. In May 2018, Walmart announced plans to sell Asda to rival [[Sainsbury's]] for $10.1 billion. Under the terms of the deal, Walmart would have received a 42% stake in the combined company and about £3 billion in cash.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-to-merge-british-unit-asda-with-u-k-rival-sainsbury-1525070178|title=Walmart to Sell British Unit Asda to U.K. Rival Sainsbury|last=Chaudhuri|first=Saabira|date=April 30, 2018|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=May 2, 2018|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109042529/https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-to-merge-british-unit-asda-with-u-k-rival-sainsbury-1525070178|url-status=live}}</ref> However, in April 2019, the United Kingdom's [[Competition and Markets Authority]] blocked the proposed sale of Asda to Sainsburys.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/business/sainsburys-asda-takeover-blocked/index.html|title=Walmart's $9 billion deal to sell its UK supermarkets is dead|first1=Daniel|last1=Shane|first2=Ivana|last2=Kottasová|work=CNN|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108003534/https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/business/sainsburys-asda-takeover-blocked/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 2, 2020, it was announced that Walmart will sell a majority stake of Asda to a consortium of [[Zuber Issa|Zuber]] and [[Mohsin Issa]] (the owners of [[EG Group]]) and private equity firm [[TDR Capital]] for £6.8bn, pending approval from the Competition and Markets Authority.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54383131|title=Asda bought by billionaire Issa brothers in £6.8bn deal|publisher=BBC|date=October 2, 2020|access-date=October 2, 2020|archive-date=December 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221003122/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54383131|url-status=live}}</ref> In Japan, Walmart owned 100 percent of [[Seiyu Group|Seiyu]] (西友 ''Seiyū'') {{as of|2008|df=US|lc=y|post=.}}<ref name="Boyle 09">{{cite news |title = Wal-Mart's painful lessons |last1 = Boyle |first1 = Matthew |url = http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/oct2009/ca20091013_227022.htm |magazine = Bloomberg |date = October 13, 2009 |access-date = February 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160307205619/http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/oct2009/ca20091013_227022.htm |archive-date = March 7, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-business/locations/#/japan |title = Walmart Corporate – Japan |publisher = Walmart |access-date = January 19, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140104115055/http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-business/locations/#/japan |archive-date = January 4, 2014}}</ref> It operates under the Seiyu (Hypermarket), Seiyu (Supermarket), Seiyu (General Merchandise), Livin, and Sunny banners.<ref name="Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref name="Unit Counts by Country"/> On November 16, 2020, Walmart announced they would be selling 65% of their shares in the company to the private-equity firm [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts|KKR]] in a deal valuing 329 stores and 34,600 employees at $1.6 billion. Walmart is supposed to retain 15% and a seat on the board, while a joint-venture between KKR and Japanese company [[Rakuten|Rakuten Inc.]] will receive 20%.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Narioka|first=Peter Landers and Kosaku|date=November 16, 2020|title=Walmart Retreats Around Globe to Focus on E-Commerce|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-retreats-around-globe-to-focus-on-e-commerce-11605518960|access-date=November 17, 2020|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=December 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222213136/https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-retreats-around-globe-to-focus-on-e-commerce-11605518960|url-status=live}}</ref> ==== Corruption charges ==== <!-- Courtesy note per [[MOS:LINK2SECT]]: [[Corruption chargest against Walmart]] (sic, "chargest") redirects here. --> An April 2012 investigation by ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported the allegations of a former executive of Walmart de Mexico that, in September 2005, the company had paid [[bribery|bribes]] via local fixers to officials throughout Mexico in exchange for construction permits, information, and other favors, which gave Walmart a substantial advantage over competitors.<ref name="NYTBribe">{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/business/at-wal-mart-in-mexico-a-bribe-inquiry-silenced.html |title = Vast Mexican Bribery Case Hushed Up by Walmart After High-Level Struggle |newspaper = The New York Times |first = David |last = Barstow |date = April 21, 2012 |access-date = April 22, 2012 |archive-date = September 10, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190910013428/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/business/at-wal-mart-in-mexico-a-bribe-inquiry-silenced.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Walmart investigators found credible evidence that Mexican and American laws had been broken. Concerns were also raised that Walmart executives in the United States had "hushed up" the allegations. A follow-up investigation by ''The New York Times'', published December 17, 2012, revealed evidence that regulatory permission for siting, construction, and operation of nineteen stores had been obtained through bribery. There was evidence that a bribe of {{US$|52,000}} was paid to change a zoning map, which enabled the opening of a Walmart store a mile from a historical site in [[San Juan Teotihuacán]] in 2004.<ref name="NYT92904">{{cite news |title = No, the Conquistadors Are Not Back. It's Just Walmart. |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/28/international/americas/28mexico.html |access-date = December 18, 2012 |newspaper = The New York Times |date = September 28, 2004 |author = James C. McKinley Jr. |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121218213105/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/28/international/americas/28mexico.html |archive-date = December 18, 2012}}</ref> After the initial article was released, Walmart released a statement denying the allegations and describing its anti-corruption policy. While an official Walmart report states that it had found no evidence of corruption, the article alleges that previous internal reports had indeed turned up such evidence before the story became public.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/lydiadishman/2012/04/22/walmart-in-mexico/ |title = What Walmart Might Do With Allegations of Bribery in Mexico |first = Lydia |last = Dishman |date = April 22, 2012 |access-date = April 23, 2012 |work = [[Forbes]] |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120423132905/http://www.forbes.com/sites/lydiadishman/2012/04/22/walmart-in-mexico/ |archive-date = April 23, 2012}}</ref> ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine contributor Adam Hartung also commented that the bribery scandal was a reflection of Walmart's "serious management and strategy troubles", stating, "[s]candals are now commonplace ... [e]ach scandal points out that Walmart's strategy is harder to navigate and is running into big problems".<ref>{{cite news |last = Hartung |first = Adam |title = WalMart's Mexican Bribery Scandal Will Sink It Like an Iceberg Sank the Titanic |url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2012/04/26/walmarts-mexican-bribery-scandal-will-sink-it-like-the-icerberg-sank-the-titanic/ |work = Forbes |access-date = July 2, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120703221317/http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2012/04/26/walmarts-mexican-bribery-scandal-will-sink-it-like-the-icerberg-sank-the-titanic/ |archive-date = July 3, 2012}}</ref> In 2012, there was an incident with CJ's Seafood, a crawfish processing firm in Louisiana that was partnered with Walmart, that eventually gained media attention for the mistreatment of its 40 H-2B visa workers from Mexico. These workers experienced harsh living conditions in tightly packed trailers outside of the work facility, physical threats, verbal abuse, and were forced to work day-long shifts. Many of the workers were afraid to take action about the abuse due to the fact that the manager threatened the lives of their family members in the U.S. and Mexico if the abuse were to be reported. Eight of the workers confronted management at CJ's Seafood about the mistreatment; however, the management denied the abuse allegations and the workers went on strike. The workers then took their stories to Walmart due to their partnership with CJ's. While Walmart was investigating the situation, the workers collected 150,000 signatures of supporters who agreed that Walmart should stand by the workers and take action. In June 2012, the visa workers held a protest and day-long hunger strike outside of the apartment building where a Walmart board member resided. Following this protest, Walmart announced its final decision to no longer work with CJ's Seafood. Less than a month later, the Department of Labor fined CJ's Seafood "approximately $460,000 in back-pay, safety violations, wage and hour violations, civil damages, and fines for abuses to the H-2B program. The company has since shut down."<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/mexican-guest-workers-gain-walmart-federal-response-louisiana-usa-2012 |title = Mexican guest workers gain Walmart, federal response, Louisiana, USA, 2012 |last = Capron |first = Christopher |date = November 11, 2012 |website = Global Nonviolent Action Database |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170929000345/https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/mexican-guest-workers-gain-walmart-federal-response-louisiana-usa-2012 |archive-date = September 29, 2017 |url-status=live |access-date = September 28, 2017}}</ref> {{As of|2012|December|df=US|post=,}} internal investigations were ongoing into possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.<ref name="NYT121712">{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/business/walmart-bribes-teotihuacan.html |title = The Bribery Aisle: How Wal-Mart Got Its Way in Mexico |work = The New York Times |date = December 17, 2012 |access-date = April 29, 2013 |author1 = Barstow, David |author2 = von Bertrab, Alejandra Xanic |author-link1 = David Barstow |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130322234030/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/business/walmart-bribes-teotihuacan.html |archive-date = March 22, 2013}}</ref> Walmart has invested {{US$|99 million}} on internal investigations, which expanded beyond Mexico to implicate operations in China, Brazil, and India.<ref name="Clifford 12">{{cite news |title = Wal-Mart inquiry reflects alarm on corruption |last1 = Clifford |first1 = Stephanie |last2 = Barnstow |first2 = David |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/business/wal-mart-expands-foreign-bribery-investigation.html |newspaper = The New York Times |date = November 15, 2012 |access-date = February 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150925051846/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/business/wal-mart-expands-foreign-bribery-investigation.html |archive-date = September 25, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Brown 12">{{cite news |title = Wal-Mart bribery probe expands past Mexico to Brazil, China and India |last1 = Brown |first1 = Abram |url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2012/11/15/probe-into-wal-mart-bribery-past-mexico-to-brazil-china-and-india/ |magazine = Forbes |date = November 15, 2012 |access-date = February 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132316/http://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2012/11/15/probe-into-wal-mart-bribery-past-mexico-to-brazil-china-and-india/#6973d1417561 |archive-date = March 4, 2016}}</ref> The case has added fuel to the debate as to whether foreign investment will result in increased prosperity, or if it merely allows local retail trade and economic policy to be taken over by "foreign financial and corporate interests".<ref name="Sharma 12">{{cite news |title = India government agency probes Wal-Mart investments |last1 = Sharma |first1 = Malavika |url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-12-05/india-government-agency-probes-wal-mart-investments |magazine = Bloomberg |date = December 5, 2012 |access-date = February 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160314064550/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-12-05/india-government-agency-probes-wal-mart-investments |archive-date = March 14, 2016}}</ref><ref name="NYTIndia">{{cite news |last1 = Thirani |first1 = Neha |last2 = Kumar |first2 = Hari |title = Fact-Checking the F.D.I. Debates |url = http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/fact-checking-the-f-d-i-debates/ |access-date = December 28, 2012 |newspaper = The New York Times / International Herald Tribune |date = December 7, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121212010207/http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/fact-checking-the-f-d-i-debates/ |archive-date = December 12, 2012}}</ref> === Sam's Club === {{Main|Sam's Club}} '''Sam's Club''' is a chain of [[warehouse club]]s that sell groceries and [[general merchandise]], often in bulk.<ref name="Volpe"/> Locations generally range in size from {{convert|32000|-|168000|sqft|abbr=on}}, with an average club size of approximately {{convert|134000|sqft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="2022 10-K"/> The first Sam's Club was opened by Walmart, Inc. in 1983 in [[Midwest City, Oklahoma]]<ref name="aboutsamsclub">{{cite web|url=http://pressroom.samsclub.com/content/?id=3&atg=524|title=About Sam's Club|publisher=Sam's Club|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328175957/http://pressroom.samsclub.com/content/?id=3&atg=524|archive-date=March 28, 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=November 1, 2007}}</ref> under the name "Sam's Wholesale Club". The chain was named after its founder Sam Walton. As of October 31, 2022, Sam's Club operated 600 membership warehouse clubs and accounted for 11.3% of Walmart's revenue at $57.839 billion in fiscal year 2019.<ref name="xbrlus_1"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-11/sam-s-club-closes-series-of-locations-on-same-day-as-wage-hike|title=Wal-Mart Closes Multiple Sam's Club Locations on the Same Day It Hiked Wages|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|access-date=July 17, 2018|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109031424/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-11/sam-s-club-closes-series-of-locations-on-same-day-as-wage-hike|url-status=live}}</ref> Christopher Nicholas is the president and CEO of Sam's Club.<ref name="leadership"/><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Rajesh |first1=Ananya Mariam |last2=Cavale |first2=Siddharth |date=August 17, 2023 |title=Walmart promotes CEO of Sam's Club to head International division |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/walmarts-international-division-head-retire-2023-08-16/ |access-date=April 9, 2024 |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> === Global eCommerce === Based in San Bruno, California, Walmart's Global eCommerce division provides online retailing for Walmart, Sam's Club, Asda, and all other international brands. There are several locations in the United States in California and Oregon: [[San Bruno, California|San Bruno]], [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]], [[Brisbane, California|Brisbane]], and [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]. Locations outside of the United States include [[Shanghai]] (China), [[Leeds]] (United Kingdom), and [[Bangalore]] (India). Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page