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title: Wal Mart mines 460 terabytes of data
date: "2004-11-16T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 789
description: I'm highlighting Wal-Mart's massive data mining operation, which manages 460 terabytes of data to track consumer behavior. This 2004 milestone shows the early scale of big data analytics in retail supply chains and inventory management.
keywords: [wal-mart, data mining, big data, data warehouse, retail analytics, supply chain]
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[Wal Mart mines 460 terabytes of data](http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/business/yourmoney/14wal.html).