Which is the biggest company in America in terms of sales?
Walmart is making a lot of progress in adapting its big-box approach to the 21st century and has become the second largest online retailer in the U.S. after Amazon. By giving workers raises and investing heavily in tech, its U.S. division has improved customer service and saw comparable sales rise each quarter in 2015. It is hoping to build on that with a major reset of its food business, which accounts for more than half of its sales, with a bigger focus on organic and fresh food, and by offering curbside order pick up. The retailer has also proven it can hold its own with the tech giants, rollouting out Walmart Pay across the U.S. But huge challenges remain for the world’s largest company. Its e-commerce growth lags that of its main rivals. Its Sam’s Club unit is struggling to keep up with Costco. What’s more, its international division is being buffeted by a strong U.S. dollar that is eating into profits. Total sales fell for the first time in 2015.
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William Laughlin
Make up your mind! They "saw comparable sales rise each quarter in 2015" or "Total sales fell for the first time in 2015." Which is it?
Besides, why are you doing a commercial for this despicable company? I won't even walk into a Walmart out of principle. They are union busters and still don't pay many of their full-time employees a living wage. They teach their employees how to work the system so they can supplement their low income with food stamps (SNAP program) and welfare. That assistance comes from monies paid by taxpayers. In essence, the taxpayers are subsidizing a business owned by one of the wealthiest families in the world because they are too stingy and greedy to pay a fair, living wage! Does anybody else have a problem with this?
Patrick Cannon
They claimed $1.2 billion profit last year in Dusseldorf Germany where they do not even have a store. Tax shelter anyone. That was enough $ stashed to pay for college for every child in the country. 20% of our federal taxes goes to Walmart and other large corporations so they can get $10-$30 million back from our taxes for a "chance" to create jobs in this country. Walmart are one of the few that always create jobs but then pay their employees pooprly and provide hapl assed healthcare.
William Laughlin
Kirk Yates Yes, they steal from the poor, weak, and helpless and give to the rich... themselves. It works every time!
Peter Thomas
line "Watch our children as they kill each other with a gun they bought at the Wal-Mart discount stores." The store refused to carry the album unless she changed the lyric. Crow refused. GO SHERYL!!
Carroll Price
Greedy bastards are making billions yearly, and still can't afford to pay their employees a living wage.
Mark Arose
Walmart sells garbage cheap and people think they got a deal.
William Laughlin
Patrick Cannon
Walmart sucks. Their business plan in rural America is to build a big box store near small towns, destroy all the local mom & pop stores, then, once they've got you, close the nearby store so you have to drive an hour to get you to go to the only option available: the one you wouldn't choose first because there were local options. I've seen them ruin a few small rural towns that way. They are one of the reasons small-town America has lots of shuttered store fronts.
larrywagner
I'm surprised only 49 comments on wally world? I'm with William Laughlin on this one. I will not walk into a Wal-Mart. They ruined our small town by putting on a super center. The associates are treated poorly, but their the only place that hires, because of the large turn over. Most Chinese products are crap. And on a package of meat, what the 13% additives? I'll stick to the mom and pop stores that are still holding on. Local people and keep the money here.
Bank-Robber
They are the number one seller of Bananas!!!
Rae Ann Randall
William Laughlin,like I mentioned and have always thought"Corporate pigs!!!!"
Wyla Reedy
Almost everything in the store is from China
earlepg
And they manage to drive out any competition - did't take long before they were gone from our area.
Char
James Brice, yeah you would like us all to not make any money. I wish I could have had one if those jobs not that others lost theirs. Geesh America today
Char
Lisa Gordon, I so agree I loved Sam met him several times he was wonderful to work for too. First time I met him he wore a torn suit jacket proudly as he was so down to earth
Char
Terry Evans, its true back when I worked there and used to shop their its both disgusting and hilarious. Lol
Char
larrywagner, me too
Char
docluci, winner I don't think so more like money grubbing evil bunch is more like it. Sam was a decent guy his children another matter. They are slime now.
Char
Patrick Cannon, in 2016 they took away jobs not created. They have went to crap now door greeters used to be elderly and disabled now they've done away with them. In 2016 they laid a bunch off and its self serve many places. Hard to find a good unlivable wage job anywhere for women. Not only do they need to hire more back they then need to pay them well. If this was done during my time I would have been jumping with joy. We need livable wage jobs in America with Benefits so people don't need help. Instead we get this mess
Char
William Laughlin, after 2916 me either. I worked for them back in the early eighties
Char
That wasn't hard to figure out
fdeisner
Not to be picky but shouldn't the adjective the largest?
docluci
Knew this answer
docluci
Walmart is the financial winner despite poor public image