<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%">Bentonville, AR</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Eric Anderson<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">4.1.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/walmart_grocery_stagnation_BODY_01.jpg" alt="Cropped Images April 1st 2013" />Grocery products and other consumables made up 55 percent of Walmart’s U.S. sales in the year ended January 31, 2012, not exhibiting much change from the previous year's figure.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The figure is up 2 percent from 53 percent a year earlier according to its annual 10-K report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">As total sales for fiscal 2012 reached $274.5 billion in the company’s U.S. division, grocery is estimated to account for sales of about $151 billion up from $145.3 billion last year. <img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/walmart_grocery_stagnation_BODY_03.jpg" alt="Cropped Images April 1st 2013" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Hard-goods lines and apparel declined in share. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Remaining category sales for fiscal 2013 at Walmart U.S.:<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Entertainment, 11% of total sales;<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Health and wellness,11%;<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Hardlines, 9%;<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Apparel, 7%; and<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Home, 7%.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.walmart.com/" target="_new">Walmart </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
