Wal-Mart opened the Neighborhood Market stores in Arkansas in the year of 1998. In 2000 Wal-Mart's sales increased to $165 billion. As the estimates indicate, Wal-Mart controlled approximately 20% of retail grocery in 2005. In this year Wal-Mart had $312.4 billion in sales and more than 6, 200 stores around the world—out of which 3, 800 stores in the United States and 2, 800 elsewhere.
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