combined company, Walmart's international sales are far less than those of the combined company. This is a serious concern for Walmart, since its primary opportunity for future growth lies outside of the United States.

Below are basic financial data for the combined corporation $($in euros$)$ and Walmart $($in U$.$S$.$ dollars$).$ Even though their results are presented in different currencies, by employing ratios we can make some basic comparisons.

$\backslash$table$[[,\backslash$table$[[$Carrefour$],[($in millions$)]],\backslash$table$[[$Wal$-$Mart$],[($in millions$)]]],[$Sales revenue,$70,486,$$$256,329$