Wal-Mart Stores reported net sales for the five-week period increased 13.4% to $38.4 billion. Same store Sales increased 3.0%. 

                        5 Weeks                        48 Weeks
                         Ended                           Ended
                                      Percent                          Percent
                12-31-2004  1-2-2004   Change   12-31-2004  1-2-2004    Change
    Wal-Mart
     Stores        $26.177   $23.345   12.1 %    $177.889   $161.687    10.0 %
    SAM's CLUB       4.396     4.078    7.8 %      34.441     31.900     8.0 %
    International    7.851     6.473   21.3 %      52.683     44.278    19.0 %
      Total
        Company    $38.424   $33.896   13.4 %    $265.013   $237.865    11.4 %

Comparable sales for the periods ending December 31, 2004 and
January 2, 2004, were as follows:

                                    5 Weeks                     48 Weeks
                            This Year      Last Year     This Year   Last Year
    Wal-Mart Stores           2.6 %           3.9 %         2.8 %       3.7 %
    SAM's CLUB                5.4 %           6.1 %         6.3 %       4.9 %
    Total U.S.                3.0 %           4.3 %         3.4 %       3.9 %

For the January four-week period, the company forecasts comparative sales for the
U.S. to be up in the 2 to 4 percent range.