It is a big company to change. From its humble ori- gins 45 years ago as a single shop in the Ozarks, Wal- Mart has grown to 1.8 million employees supporting more than 6,700 stores in 14 countries, serving 175 mil- lion customers week and pulling in an average of per $6.6 billion in weekly sales. Over the past decade, Wal Mart doubled its count, tripled it revenue, and store nearly quadrupled income (see Exhibits 2 and 3). its net Wal-Mart earned more in its first quarter of fiscal 2007