On July 2, 1962, Walton opened the first Walmart Discount City store in Rogers, Arkansas. He chose rural locations out of necessity, since it was cheaper to build there, but soon made it a ...Image by Courtesy Walmart
Walton had made a promise to his employees (whom Walmart calls associates) that he would do the hula on Wall Street if the company reached a pre-tax profit of 8% for the fiscal year. Walmar...Image by Reuters, Bettmann / Getty Images
In the 1980s, Walmart invested in a sophisticated inventory tracking system that uses their own satellite network. In addition to track inventory, the system allows technicians and executiv...Image by Courtesy Walmart
Today, Walmart is the largest employer in the world, with the estimated number of employees being close to 2.3 million globally (as of Feb 2018), of which over 60% of the workforce are wome...Image by David McNew/Getty Images
Walmart has faced a torrent of lawsuits and issues involving workers&rsquo low wages, poor working conditions, inadequate health care, and issues involving the company's strong anti-union p...Image by Jeff Haynes/ Reuters
Walmart introduced a batch of new employees at 50 stores recently, but they're not there to flash you a smile. These 6 feet tall, autonomous robots (made by Bossa Nova) continuously go up a...Image by Courtesy Walmart
Walmart loses about $3 billion a year from shoplifting, and have a &lsquorestorative justice&rsquo programme that avoids calling the police. People deemed low-risk, first-time offenders are...Image by Courtesy: Walmart
Since Sam Walton's death in 1992, Walmart's charitable giving has increased and now approach US$1 billion each year. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Walmart spearheaded the relief...Image by Courtesy Walmart
Each week nearly one-third of the US population visits Walmart&rsquos U.S. stores. The company tracks shoppers' purchases across Walmart.com and its more than 4,700 US stores. In a recent a...Image by Courtesy Jay, Barry &Chuck’s OM blog
The Black Friday shopping phenomenon - the day following Thanksgiving Day in the US which falls on the fourth thursday of November - sees shoppers turn into raging hordes, baffling social s...Image by Joshua Lott/Getty Images
The company&rsquos retail experiment called Walmart Express failed miserably. Launched in 2011, Walmart Express were small-sized stores carrying general merchandise like toilet paper, toys,...Image by John Gress/Reuters
In November 2006, Walmart launched its wholesale cash-and-carry business in India in a joint venture with Bharti Enterprises. As foreign corporations were not allowed to enter the retail se...Image by Ajay Verma/Reuters
With a 2018 net worth of $46 billion according to Forbes, the founder&rsquos daughter Alice Walton is the wealthiest woman in the world. A Trinity grad, the heiress spends her fortune colle...Image by Jacob Slaton/Reuters
Walmart has built a Tinder for grocery shopping. It filed a patent in Jan 2018 for &lsquoFresh Online Experience&rsquo, that allows an online shopper to view the actual 3D images of their g...Image by Courtesy Walmart
Walmart has just filed a patent for autonomous, robot bees, according to a World Economic Forum report. The patent specifically covers 'pollination drones': tiny robots that act just like b...Image by Thierry Falise/LightRocket via Getty Images
