Wal-Mart Comps Climb 2.0% in May

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported net sales for the month
ending May 26, 2006, increased to $16.90 billion compared to $15.70 billion last year, a 7.7% increase. Comps for the month increased 2.0%.

                               4 Weeks Ended              17 Weeks Ended
                                           Percent                     Percent
                     5-26-2006  5-27-2005  Change  5-26-2006  5-27-2005 Change
     Wal-Mart Stores  $ 16.901   $ 15.697    7.7%   $ 70.369   $ 64.343   9.4%
     SAM's CLUB          3.281      3.064    7.1%     13.224     12.393   6.7%
     International       6.103      4.660   31.0%     24.216     19.331  25.3%
     Total Company    $ 26.285   $ 23.421   12.2%  $ 107.809   $ 96.067  12.2%

Comparable sales for the periods ending May 26, 2006, and May 27, 2005, were as follows:

                            4 Weeks Ended             17 Weeks Ended
                        5-26-2006    5-27-2005    5-26-2006    5-27-2005
     Wal-Mart Stores      2.0%         2.8%         3.1%         2.9%
     SAM's CLUB           4.0%         1.8%         4.2%         2.2%
     Total U.S.           2.3%         2.7%         3.3%         2.8%

The 31.0% increase for the four-week period and the 25.3% increase for the seventeen-week period in International’s net sales includes sales from the consolidation of Seiyu and Wal-Mart Central America and our acquisition in Southern Brazil. These entities added 17.7 and 16.8 percentage points to the net sales increases in International for the four-week and seventeen-week periods, respectively.

During the four-week and seventeen-week periods, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. added more than $2.8 billion and $11.7 billion in sales, respectively.

“Fuel prices continue to be a top concern for our customers,” said Tom Schoewe, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. executive vice president and chief financial officer. “And, with our constant focus on offering every day low prices, Wal- Mart is well positioned to meet their needs. We believe that our customers are consolidating their store visits and focusing their spending on consumables — a trend that we have been seeing since Easter.

“We were not surprised that traffic was down moderately for the U.S. stores in May, and that average ticket continued to drive our comp,” Schoewe added. “We continue, however, to make steady progress on the many initiatives we have under way to achieve growth and improve return on investment.”

The Company estimates comparable sales in the U.S. for the June five-week period to be in the 1 to 3 percent range.

Comparable sales that are presented in this release exclude the impact of fuel sales in our SAM’s CLUB segment. Fuel sales impacted the SAM’s CLUB and total U.S. comparable sales figures for the four-week period ending May 26, 2006, by 1.3 and 0.2 percentage points, respectively, and impacted the seventeen-week period by 0.7 and 0.1 percentage points, respectively. Including the impact of fuel sales, the SAM’s CLUB and total U.S. comparable sales figures for the four-week period ending May 26, 2006, would have been 5.3% and 2.5%, respectively, and for the seventeen-week period would have been 4.9% and 3.4%, respectively