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A few of Wal-Mart’s milestones

Highlights from a short history of Wal-Mart

In 2010, Wal-Mart represents a network of 8 416 stores worldwide generating hundreds of billions of dollars in sales annually, but it started with a single store in Rogers, Arkansas in the United States in 1962.

With such tremendous growth, highlights have been many, but here are some of the most significant financial, environmental and social milestones in Wal-Mart’s 48-year history.

1962 1970 1975 1983 1991 1994

Sam Walton, Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is Wal-Mart Wal-Mart the company’s opens its first makes its first named “No. opens its first opens its first founder, opens distribution centre acquisition, 1 Retailer” by international environmentally Wal-Mart’s first and establishes purchasing 16 Forbes magazine store, in Mexico friendly prototype discount store in its headquarters Mohr-Value for the 8th year City. store. Rogers, Arkansas in Bentonville, stores in the states in a row. USA. Arkansas. of Michigan and Illinois. TIMELINE

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Wal-Mart enters Wal-Mart is named Wal-Mart acquires Wal-Mart hits The number of Bharti Enterprises Wal-Mart China through the US’s largest the Asda Group in the number customers shopping and Wal-Mart expresses a joint-venture private employer, the United Kingdom, one spot in the at Wal-Mart enter into a an interest in agreement. with 680 000 plus 71 Interspar out- “Most Admired stores reaches wholesale cash South Africa’s associates in the lets in Germany. The Companies” 176-million and carry largest whole- US and 115 000 company becomes list in Fortune per week. business joint- saler and third- international the world’s largest magazine for the venture in India. largest retailer, associates. private employer second year in Massmart. and is named “No. a row. 1 Corporate Citizen in America” by the Cone/Roper Report.

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