The promise to competitors represents Wal-Mart's willingness to pick up the gloves and resume its price battle with Amazon.com or any other online retailer.

Vasquez said a few weeks ago, "If there is going to be a Wal-Mart on the Web, its going to be Walmart.com."

The Post added that even though Amazon.com currently holds the title with its $19.5 billion online business, Walmart.com seems to be catching up quick, growing at a faster rate this year by about 1.4%.

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Expected next dividend:
Dividend Announcement Date: 7/4/2009
Dividend Record Date: 12/11/2009
Dividend Pay Date: 1/4/2010
Dividend Amount: 0.2725

Expected next dividend:
Dividend Announcement Date: 7/4/2009
Dividend Record Date: 12/11/2009
Dividend Pay Date: 1/4/2010
Dividend Amount: 0.2725

The Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. - SWOT Analysis company profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. - SWOT Analysis examines the company's key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.

Wal-Mart Stores (Wal-Mart or "the company") operates retail stores in various formats across the world. In the US, the retail formats operated by Wal-Mart include discount stores, supercenters, neighborhood markets, marketside, and Sam's Clubs. Internationally, the company operates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and the UK. Wal-Mart is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas and employs 2.1 million people. The company recorded revenues of $405,607 million during the financial year (FY) ended January 2009, an increase of 7.1 percent over 2008. The growth in Wal-Mart's revenue is primarily attributable to strong growth in comparable store sales, in the US. The company's comparable store sales in the US increased 3.5 percent in FY2009 as compared to 1.6 percent in 2008. The strong growth in comparable store sales is due to an increase in customer footfall and in the average transaction size per customer. The growth in net revenue has partially supported the growth in operating income and net income. The operating profit of Wal-Mart during FY2009 was $22,798 million, an increase of 3.6 percent from 2008. The net profit was $13,400 million in FY2009, an increase of 5.3 percent over FY2008. Strong financial performance in Wal-Mart's US operations, which constituted 82 percent of the company's total operating income, pushed the overall profits up. Wal-Mart's US operations recorded a growth of 7.1 percent in operating income. The growth in operating income indicates Wal-Mart's efficiency in managing cost and leveraging expenses in the US. Strong growth in operating profit translated to robust growth in net profits. Other drivers for growth in net income include income from discontinued operations.

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