Wal-Mart de México SAB de CV's consolidated sales in May grew 8.9% year over year to 49.84 billion Mexican pesos from 45.76 billion pesos in the prior-year period, according to a June 6 release.
The Mexican unit of Walmart Inc., also called Walmex, reported that total sales in the country increased 8.6% year over year to 40.54 billion pesos from 37.32 billion pesos in the prior-year period. Comparable store sales rose 7.2%.
In Central America, Walmex posted a 10.2% year-over-year increase in total sales to 9.30 billion pesos from 8.44 billion pesos in May 2017. On a constant currency basis, comparable store sales in the region increased 2.3%.
The company opened 15 stores in Mexico and one discount store in Central America in May. This month, it added two outlets in Mexico and one unit in Central America.
As of June 6, US$1 was equivalent to 20.30 Mexican pesos.
