[Rhodes22-list] Fact(s) of the day...or not

[elle]

Good one, Herb. they at least have business sense..;^)

elle

We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


--- On Tue, 11/25/08, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:

> From: Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Fact(s) of the day...or not
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 11:31 PM
> I don't think Wal-Mart would do it. They didn't
> become successful by 
> wasting money.
> 
> elle wrote:
> > I didn't bother to 'Snopes' this or vet
> it...we needed CHANGE.
> >
> >
> >
> > HOW BIG IS WAL-MART??
> >
> >
> > 1 . At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every
> hour of every day.
> >
> > 2 . This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
> >
> > 3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St.
> Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
> >
> > 4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger +
> Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
> >
> > 5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the
> largest private employer. And most can't speak English.
> >
> > 6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of
> the World.
> >
> > 7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger &
> Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15
> years.
> >
> > 8. During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains
> sought bankruptcy (including Winn-Dixie).
> >
> > 9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store
> in the world.
> >
> > 10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of
> which 1,906 are SuperCenters; this is 1,000 more than it had
> 5 years ago.
> >
> > 11. This year , 7.2 billion different purchasing
> experiences will occur at a Wal-Mart store. (Earth's
> population is approximately 6.5 billion.)
> >
> > 12. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a
> Wal-Mart
> >
> > 13. Let Wal Mart bail out Wall Street.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
> can adjust our sails.
> >
> > 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"
>   (Lady in Red)
> >
> >
> >       
> >
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> Herb Parsons
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