Wal-Mart de Mexico opened 78 new stores in the country in December 2009 and thus generating more than 2,200 permanent jobs in 13 states: Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Mexico City, Durango, Estado de Mexico, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Puebla, Sonora, Tabasco, Veracruz and Yucatan.

• The total investment in December surpassed $ 1,700 million pesos.

“We are committed to growth in the country, which we do by creating permanent jobs and bringing our value offers to more families, including 9 populations of Pabellón de Arteaga, Aguascalientes, Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Vicente Guerrero, Durango; Cananea, Sonora Libres, Puebla, Centro, Tabasco; Huichapan, Hidalgo, Catemaco, Veracruz, and Ticul, Yucatan, where we are present for the first time with the openings made in December. With these 78 new stores we are now in 265 cities, “said Raul Arguelles, Sr. VP of Corporate Affairs and Human Resources Walmart de Mexico.

Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV (WALMEX) is Mexican retail chain operator. Its business is structured in three segments: Self-Service, Apparel and Restaurants. In the Self-Service segment, the Company operates Sam’s Club, a wholesale store; Bodega Aurrera, a general merchandise store, and two supermarket chains, Superama and Wal-Mart. The Company’s Apparel segment operations are carried out by its subsidiary, Suburbia SA de CV, which owns the Suburbia department stores.