Figure 2.12: Walmart on the global scale. As of June 2013, Walmart had 4663 store operations in the United States and 6294 in 27 other countries. Walmart draws its products from more than 70 countries, deals with over 61,000 U.S. businesses, and is instrumental in generating over 3 million U.S. jobs. Walmart itself employs more than 1.3 million workers in the United States and 900,000 workers in other countries.
[Source consulted: “WalMart Stores, Inc. Data Sheet—Worldwide Unit Details January 2012,” Walmart, at http://news.walmart.com/news-archive/2012/02/22/wal-mart-stores-inc-data-sheet-worldwide-unit-details-january-2012]