Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is the largest company in the world on the annual Fortune 500, with $345billion in sales in the fiscal year ending January 31, 2007. The company employs more than 1.9million associates worldwide in over 4,000 facilities in the United States and more than 2,700 unitsin Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico,Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom. More than 176 million customers per weekvisit Wal-Mart stores worldwide. Sam Walton built Wal-Mart on the revolutionary philosophiesof excellence in the workplace, customer service, and always having the lowest prices. Membersince 1999 (Charter Member).