Industry Franchises

Sam Walton

Oct 15, 1945

Businessman and a former J. C. Penney employee, Sam Walton, purchased a branch of the Ben Franklin stores from the Butler Brothers. Created a store called "Walton's Five and Dime". Later this became the Walmart Museum.

Walmart opens

Jul 2, 1962

Founder, Sam Walton opens the first Walmart as a retail industry in Rogers, Arkansas

Walmart Inc.

Oct 31, 1969

Sam Walton founded Walmart Inc. on this day in Bentonville, Arkansas

Sam's Club opens

Apr 7, 1983

Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, opens the first Sam's Club with its first name, "Sam's Wholesale Club".

Sam's Choice

Jul 7, 1991

Sam's Choice, originally introduced as Sam's American Choice in 1991, is a retail brand in food and selected hard goods. Named for Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, Sam's Choice forms the premium tier of Walmart's two-tiered core corporate grocery branding strategy that also includes the larger Great Value brand of discount-priced staple items.

Death of the CEO and Founder

Apr 5, 1992

Sam Walton died at age 74 of multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1988, Walton was included in Time's list of 100 most influential people of the 20th Century. Sam was honored for all his efforts in retail in March 1992, when he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George H. W. Bush. "Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish."

Great Value

Mar 16, 2009

Great Value brand was originally introduced in the year 1993 and reintroduced, after a failed attempt, in 2009.

Walmart around the world

Oct 31, 2016

As of July 31, 2016 , Walmart has 11,539 stores and clubs in 28 countries, under a total of 63 banners. A total of 4,648 of those Walmart stores are located in the US,

Trademarks of Walmart

Dec 1, 2016

“Walmart”, the Spark, “Save money. Live better.” Are all registered trademarks of Walmart Stores Inc. Registration is usually indicated by the symbol ® However, as of 2016 Walmart currently owns 2,118 different trademarks.

Patents

Dec 1, 2016

As of 2016, Walmart currently owns 240 patents for everything within their stores ranging from faulty cart wheel detection to Inventory tracking.