Wal-Mart Gets Gasoline Boost in October; Comps Up 4.3%

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported net sales for the four-week period ending October 28, 2005, and October 29, 2004, as follows (dollars in billions):

                    4 Weeks Ended                  39 Weeks Ended
                                       Percent                         Percent
               10-28-2005  10-29-2004  Change  10-28-2005  10-29-2004  Change
    Wal-Mart
     Stores      $15.397     $13.915    10.7%   $149.557    $135.973    10.0%
    SAM'S CLUB     3.073       2.816     9.1%     29.087      27.052     7.5%
    International  4.785       4.311    11.0%     45.050      40.020    12.6%
      Total
       Company   $23.255     $21.042    10.5%   $223.694    $203.045    10.2%

    Comparable sales for the periods ending October 28, 2005 and October 29,
2004, were as follows:

                               4 Weeks Ended             39 Weeks Ended
                          10-28-2005  10-29-2004    10-28-2005   10-29-2004
    Wal-Mart Stores           3.9%        2.5%          3.3%         3.2%
    SAM'S CLUB                6.7%        5.0%          5.1%         6.9%
    Total U.S.                4.3%        2.9%          3.6%         3.8%

SAM'S CLUB comparable sales without gasoline sales would have been 4.8% for the October four-week period. Total U.S. comparable sales would have been 4.0% without the SAM'S gasoline sales. During the four-week and thirty-nine- week periods, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. added over $2.2 billion and $20.6 billion in sales, respectively.

WMT estimates that comparable sales in the U.S. for the November four-week period to be in the 3% to 5% range.