碧桃坞里桃花开 衡王:我求大家帮忙，找一篇walmart的英文简介（有中文翻译）

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. was founded by Sam Walton, a legend of American retail industry, in Arkansas in 1962. After over forty years of growth, it has become the world's largest private employer and retailer. The company employs more than 1.6 million associates worldwide and operates more than 5,000 units in the United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, China, South Korea, Germany and the United Kingdom. Worldwide, about 140 million customers visit Wal-Mart stores weekly.

In 2004, Wal-Mart accomplished USD285.2 billion sales globally. It was ranked high on both lists of FORTUNE 500 and “Most Admired Companies in America” for many times. Meanwhile, Wal-Mart was named one of the "Most Respected Companies" and the “Best Companies To Work For” in many other countries. In 2004 Wal-Mart topped the China Business Competitiveness Index among commercial and trade companies and was the only retailer in the list. In August the same year Wal-Mart ranked No.8 among the “Most Admired Companies in China” elected by Fortune Chinese edition.

沃尔玛百货有限公司由美国零售业的传奇人物山姆?沃尔顿先生于1962年在阿肯色州成立。经过四十余年的发展，沃尔玛百货有限公司已经成为美国最大的私人雇主和世界上最大的连锁零售商。目前沃尔玛在全球十个国家开设了超过5000家商场，员工总数160多万，分布在美国、墨西哥、波多黎各、加拿大、阿根廷、巴西、中国、韩国、德国和英国10个国家。每周光临沃尔玛的顾客近一亿四千万人次。

2004年沃尔玛全球的销售额达到2852亿美元，连续多年荣登《财富》杂志世界500强企业和“最受尊敬企业”排行榜。同时，沃尔玛在全球多个国家被评为“最受赞赏的企业”和“最适合工作的企业”之一。2004年沃尔玛被《中国经营报》评为中国市场优势企业品牌人气指数商贸旅游类第一名，并作为唯一一家上榜的零售企业；同年8月，在《财富》中文版“中国最受赞赏的公司”排名中名列第八。