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Take a nostalgic look back at the products Walmart's first shoppers would have found at what has since become America's biggest retail chain. From sporting goods and lawn mowers to clothing and ...
Walmart founder Sam Walton and his wife Helen, on their wedding day, February 14, 1943. At the time, Sam was a management trainee with the J.C. Penney Company. Photo: Courtesy of Walmart
By 1988, Wal-Mart was the most profitable retailer in the United States, [7] though it did not outsell K-Mart and Sears in terms of value of items purchased until late 1990 or early 1991. By 1988, Walmart was operating in 27 states, having expanded into Arizona, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, New Jersey, and Wyoming.
Prices seem to have held pretty steady, with Walmart selling a 200-count bottle of its store brand Equate Complete Multivitamins for just over $9. Courtesy of etsy.com Remington Toaster, $6.97
In 1945, after leaving the military, Walton took over management of his first variety store at the age of 26. [14] With the help of a $20,000 loan from his father-in-law, Leland Robson , plus $5,000 he had saved from his time in the Army, Walton purchased a Ben Franklin variety store in Newport, Arkansas . [ 8 ]
The first Walmart Supercenter, which used a floorplan in the 125,000 sq ft (11,600 m 2) range, was opened in 1988 in Washington, Missouri. [3] As the Supercenter proved to be a much more profitable experiment, Walmart renamed the stores "Wal-Mart's Hypermart USA" in April 1990, and eventually began either converting them to Supercenter ...
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Walmart stopped selling handguns in all U.S. states, except for Alaska, in 1993. [428] In 2018, Walmart stopped selling guns and ammunition to persons younger than 21, following a similar move by Dick's Sporting Goods on the same day. [429] In the same year, Walmart stopped selling military-style rifles that were commonly used in mass shootings ...