我求大家帮忙,找一篇walmart的英文简介(有中文翻译)

来源:百度知道 编辑:UC知道 时间:2024/05/03 10:27:52

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. was founded by Sam Walton, a legend of American retail industry, in Arkansas in 1962. After over forty years of growth, it has become the world's largest private employer and retailer. The company employs more than 1.6 million associates worldwide and operates more than 5,000 units in the United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, China, South Korea, Germany and the United Kingdom. Worldwide, about 140 million customers visit Wal-Mart stores weekly.

In 2004, Wal-Mart accomplished USD285.2 billion sales globally. It was ranked high on both lists of FORTUNE 500 and “Most Admired Companies in America” for many times. Meanwhile, Wal-Mart was named one of the "Most Respected Companies" and the “Best Companies To Work For” in many other countries. In 2004 Wal-Mart topped the China Business Competitiveness Index among commercial and trade companies and was the only retailer in the list. In August the same year Wal-Mart rank