[TheZMan]

Well, it’s $600,000 revenue every minute. It’s likely $20,928 is close.

[SkyDancer]

I’m talking about what does it cost WalMart to open its doors; what is their daily ‘nut’ as my business prof mentioned. People think that if they buy something for a dollar and sell it for two they’ve made a dollar profit. Not so.

[Svartalfiar]

1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day.
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!

$600,000 in revenue per minute equals $21M in profit? That's less than 3.5% profit margin.. That seems extremely low, especially when the bulk of their sales is in non-perishable goods. Most companies are in the 10-20%profit margin range.