In 2017, Wal-Mart will create 10.000 jobs in the United States. The retail giant will open 59 new stores and expand e-commerce services. But that's not all, as Wal-Mart expects the construction of the stores to create 24.000 construction jobs.
Coupled with all of this in the next fiscal year, the company expects capital expenditures of $6,8 billion in the United States. “With operations in thousands of locations and a broad supplier network, we know we play an important role in sustaining and creating jobs in the United States,” said Dan Barlett, executive assistant general manager of Wal-Mart.
In this way the group - the largest in the world by number of employees, it has 1,5 million in the US - takes a step forward in the direction of Donald Trump who since the beginning of his candidacy has promised to bring work back to the States United. The president-elect will begin his term on Friday when he officially takes office.
In 2016, Wal-Mart cut 10.000 jobs at 154 U.S. stores and 450 at its Bentonville, Arkansas headquarters. The move was followed by another 7.000 layoffs related to lack of work and the strengthening of online competitors.
