In this video I Reveal 16 Mind Boggling Facts About Walmart. As mentioned in the video the Mind Boggling Facts About Walmart encompass the following: Walmart has more than seven times the population of Iceland; Walmart's $405 billion in revenue in 2009 made it the 23rd-largest economy in the world, bigger than Sweden at the time; In 2010 everyone in the world had made an average of 1.1 purchases at a Walmart; Each week nearly one-third of the U.S. population visits Walmart's U.S. stores; In 2009 Walmart sold more bananas than any other item; China's exports to Walmart accounted for 11% of the growth of the total US trade deficit with China between 2001 and 2006; Walmart is the largest overall employer in the USA, and the biggest employer in 25 states; If Walmart's more than 8,500 stores were put into one place, they would take up more than 32 square miles which is as much as 15,300 football fields; Walmart parking lots alone take up roughly the size of Tampa, Florida; In 2000, Walmart was sued 4,851 times which is about once every 2 hours; Walmart was battling 1.6 million employees in the largest class action sex discrimination law suit ever; The Walton family has given away about 2% of its net worth to charity; An additional Walmart Supercenter per 100,000 residents increases average BMI by 0.25 units and the obesity rate by 2.4%; The most frequent destination typed into GPS device Telenav is Walmart; A Walmart store in China has its' own fight song; and Walmart operates internationally under 55 different names, including Walmex in Mexico, Asda in the UK, Seiyu in Japan, and Best Price in India. As also relayed in the video, Walmart offers unbelievable value to consumers since they provide shoppers with the ability to purchase a plethora of homogeneous items for the lowest possible retail prices at one convenient location.
