The Motley Fool just updated its report on the world's largest consumer staples companies. (NYSE: WMT) tops the list by a wide margin, with a market cap of around $767 billion. It seems inevitable that the giant retailer will eventually grow its business in the future and achieve a trillion-dollar market cap.

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Walmart is a retailer, just one of two that land on the largest consumer staples list. What's interesting is that Walmart and peer Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) are the top two companies on the list. But there are some big differences between these two industry-leading retailers.

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