Wal-Mart recently filed its annual 10-K report with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission. This is the financial document is used to build Wal-Mart’s annual report which will be available soon. For your convenience, The Nielsen Company has condensed this information into an easy-to-read executive summary for CPG industry leaders.
Download Wal-Mart Financial Review FYE-09
Highlights include:
· Share of Store by Department for Sam’s Club and Walmart U.S.
· Store Counts and Growth for Sam’s Club and Walmart U.S.
· International Store Counts by Country
· 25 Years of Store Count and Sales Trends
· Sales Trends Per Store and Per Square Foot for Walmart U.S.
A Few Notes:
· "Wal-Mart" (hyphenated) refers the corporation while "Walmart" (one word) refers to the U.S. operating segment excluding Sam’s Club.
· Grocery now represents 49% of sales reported by Walmart.
· Curiously, the new Marketside banner is not mentioned in Wal-Mart’s 10-K report.
· Although total corporate sales growth declined to +7.2% vs. year ago, Walmart growth in the U.S. accelerated for some key measures. Growth rates increased for (1) total U.S. sales, (2) same-store sales, (3) average sales-per-store, and (4) average sales-per-sqft.
Click here for Wal-Mart’s full 10-K report (117 pages) and other SEC filings:
- Tom Pirovano, TheShopperWonk
-email: tom.pirovano@nielsen.com
