<P> On June 30, 2008, Walmart removed the hyphen from its logo and replaced the star with a Spark symbol that resembles a sunburst, flower, or star . The new logo received mixed reviews from design critics, who questioned whether the new logo was as bold as those of competitors, such as the Target bullseye or as instantly recognizable as the previous company logo, which was used for 18 years . The new logo made its debut on the company's website on July 1, 2008 . Walmart's U.S. locations were to update store logos in the fall of 2008, as part of an ongoing evolution of its brand . Walmart Canada started to adopt the logo for its stores in early 2009 . </P> <P> On March 20, 2009, Walmart announced that it was paying a combined US $933.6 million in bonuses to every full and part - time hourly worker . This was in addition to $788.8 million in profit sharing, 401 (k) pension contributions, hundreds of millions of dollars in merchandise discounts, and contributions to the employees' stock purchase plan . While the economy at large was in an ongoing recession, Walmart reported solid financial figures for the most recent fiscal year (ending January 31, 2009), with $401.2 billion in net sales, a gain of 7.2 percent from the prior year . Income from continuing operations increased 3 percent to $13.3 billion, and earnings per share rose 6 percent to $3.35 . </P> <P> On February 22, 2010, the company confirmed it was acquiring video streaming company Vudu, Inc. for an estimated $100 million . </P> <P> Walmart's truck fleet logs millions of miles each year, and the company planned to double the fleet's efficiency between 2005 and 2015 . The truck pictured on the right is one of 15 based at Walmart's Buckeye, Arizona, distribution center that was converted to run on biofuel from reclaimed cooking grease made during food preparation at Walmart stores . </P>

Walmart became the world's largest retailer in which year