Wal-Mart Stores reported net sales for the four-week and forty-three week periods ending November 26, 2004, and November 28, 2003 as follows (dollars in billions):

                     4 Weeks Ended                  43 Weeks Ended
                                        Percent                        Percent
                 11-26-2004  11-28-2003  Change  11-26-2004 11-28-2003  Change
    Wal-Mart
     Stores        $15.739     $14.764    6.6%    $151.712   $138.342    9.7%
    SAM's CLUB       2.993       2.842    5.3%      30.045     27.822    8.0%
    International    4.812       4.051   18.8%      44.832     37.805   18.6%
      Total
       Company     $23.544     $21.657    8.7%    $226.589   $203.969   11.1%

Comparable sales for the periods ending November 26, 2004 and
November 28, 2003, were as follows:

                                    4 Weeks                     43 Weeks
                            This Year      Last Year     This Year   Last Year
    Wal-Mart Stores           0.3 %           3.7 %         2.8 %       3.7 %
    SAM's CLUB                2.9 %           4.7 %         6.5 %       4.6 %
    Total U.S.                0.7 %           3.9 %         3.4 %       3.8 %

For the December five-week period, we forecast comparative sales for the
U.S. to be up in the 1 to 3 percent range.