4. FOUNDATION HISTORY The founder of Wal-Mart Samuel Moore Walton is
known as Sam Walton was born on 29 March in 1918
,Kingfisher, Oklahoma .
He is was the first son of a banker Thomas Walton
and Nancy Lee.
Became Graduated from the University of Missouri in
Columbia with a degree in Economics in 1940.
Walton got his first real taste of the retail world
in Des Moines with the J.C. Penney Company.
5. In 1945 Sam Walton opened the first Ben Franklin franchise in Newport Arkansas
and operated with his wife Helen and brother Bud.
These was small but every successful. So in 2nd July of 1962 was
opened the first Walmart Discount City store at 719 W. Walnut Street in Roger,
Arkansas .
Walt-Mart began 1st IPO in 1970.
6. WAL –MART is an AMERICAN multinational retailing
corporation .
World’s largest company by revenue according to the Fortune Global 500 list
in 2014.
Focus on selling products at low prices to get higher-volume sales at a
lower profit margin .
It operates chain of hypermarkets, discount department store and grocery store
Head quarters in Bentonville, Arkansas , USA.
At A Glance
7. Liabilities US $ 122.096
Equity US$ 81.394 billion
Net Income US$ 16.363 billion
Assets
203.490 US $ billion
Assets Overview
12. Super Mercado De Walmart Initiative
Wal-Mart Neighborhood MarketWal-Mart Discount City
13. Subsidiaries
S
Asda Stores Limited is a British-founded
supermarket retailer.
Headquartered in Leeds, West Yorkshire
In July 1999 it becomes a subsidiary of
Wal-Mart.
14. Opened on April 7, 1983
Sam's West, Inc is an American chain of
membership-only retail and
warehouse
Headquarter Bentonville, Arkansas, United
States
15. Vudu is a content delivery and
media technology company.
Headquarter is in California ,USA
Vudu was acquired by Walmart in
March 2010
