It’s worth pausing to at least try to comprehend the mind boggling size of Walmart — which for years has sat at the top of the Fortune 500. Last year, the retail behemoth brought in half a trillion dollars. That’s more money than the GDP of Belgium (and a lot of other countries, too).
Many analysts and investors were hard on the company for its weak profit numbers and the slowdown in e-commerce growth. But by many measures, the retailer posted a respectable performance in Q4, and it’s clear the company is ambitious about growing on the online side.