Tuesday, January 20, 2009

How big is big?

I'm doing a lot of work in my new job with Walmart, a company for which my respect has grown tremendously as I've gotten to know them better. This year they'll do about $400B in sales. By way of comparison, the GDP of countries where I've lived are:

South Africa: $283B
Sweden: $455B
Costa Rica: $26B

Hard to believe I lived in countries that were the same size as this company.

1 comment:

Gayle said...

We wish you, John, the very best experience working with this giant.
Because you are involved with Wallmart I have a slightly better opinion of them

I, for many years, have felt Wallmart to be the enemy of small business and independent business. I rely on you to present a true picture of this mass merchant. I look forward to learning how Wallmart gives back to the communities from which it makes such large amount of money.