WalMart

Back in 1962, Sam Walton opened up his first Walmart store in the town of Rogers, Arkansas. Few folks in America could anticipate the growth the company has seen since its inception nearly a half-century ago.

In 2008, there are over 4,000 domestic and 3,000 international Walmart stores, ranging from their original discount stores (which average over 100,000 square feet) to their supercenters (which average nearly 200,000 square feet). Walmart officially became international in 1991 when it opened its first Sam's Club in Mexico City. Sam's Club, another of Walmart's outlets is best described as a warehouse retail center selling products to both businesses and consumers in bulk quantities. Their biggest rival in size in the United States is Costco.

In 2008, Walmart officially took the "dash" out of its name in the United States.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “WalMart”

• Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling [Walmart]

  
  RSS fabriek — Authority: 461
  You may recall that last year, a man named Jdimytai Damour was trampled to death in the crush of a Walmart crowd eager to score Black Friday deals. This year, Walmart is taking steps to prevent another tragic incident. In fact, they went so far as to call in the same crowd control experts that help to keep ...
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• (KO) Keeping the Dollar Decline in Perspective

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 506
  The dollar has clearly been under pressure this year. Most of the graphs of it that you have seen probably look like the first graph below, which shows what the dollar has done against two indexes since the start of the year. The blue line is how the greenback has fared against the major currencies like the Euro and ...
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• The day ahead: Thursday

  
  From Reuters.com — Authority: 127
  Wal-Mart sales numbers will hold the spotlight along with results from Walt Disney and Anheuser-Busch InBev. Highlights: *   Wal-Mart is expected to report higher third-quarter earnings, but Wall Street is focused on U.S. sales, which the retailer has stopped reporting on a monthly basis. *  Walt Disney is ...
  8 hours ago

• OSHA Underground No More

  
  Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires-ATEX — Authority: 123
  Many visitors here on the ComDust site, have also have visited the OSHA Underground site where a diverse spectrum of health and safety information could be found. Unfortunately the OSHA Underground site was removed a few days ago and visitors will no longer be able to read the helpful information that Kane and ...
  9 hours ago

• From The Cradle To The Grave Wal-Mart Has Got You Cover.

  
  The Old Black Church! — Authority: 423
  I stumbled across this article on MSNBC.com and thought its worth mentioning.... It turns out that Wal-Mart has got us cover from the cradle to the grave...You can buy infants milk at Wal-mart as well as coffins online, thats right, coffins.... Now it is truly your one-stop shopping destination...The best part is ...
  12 hours ago

• Is our Black Friday shopping craze out of control?

  
  Talk of the Day — Authority: 121
  Wal-Mart shoppers in 2005 As I was driving to work this morning, I heard a radio report that made me shudder. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that most Wal-Mart stores will stay open Thanksgiving night to ease the crowding that led to a worker’s trampling death a year ago. Millions of Americans make shopping ...
  14 hours ago

• Wall St. Takes a Breather and Shares Close Flat

  
  DealBook — Authority: 783
  A day after a spirited rally sent the Dow to its highest levels since the beginning of the financial crisis, Wall Street took a moment to breathe, with stocks showing little or no gains on Tuesday.
  19 hours ago

• Calming the Black Friday Crowds

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  The doors opened and the sprint began after a Wal-Mart store in Secaucus, N.J., began its post-Thanksgiving sales last year.
  21 hours ago

• Salvation Army to kick off bell ringing

  
  Clarksville, TN Online — Authority: 546
  The Salvation Army will kickoff the 2009 bell ringing season on Friday, November 13 at 10 a.m. at the Fort Campbell Wal-Mart featuring a performance by the Clarksville Choir. Volunteers who would like to ring can call 931-551-7200, 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Or e-mail or . Ringing will take place November 13 and 14 then ...
  22 hours ago

• Sarah Palins memoir: Why the math might not add up for HarperCollins

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Media , Wal-Mart Stores , Target Corp. , Amazon.com, Inc. , News Corp. Love her or hate her, Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, is always a hot topic of conversation in the media. Her memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life , slated for release by ...
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• More on sustainability and strategy

  
  ... talking about strategy — Authority: 116
  Two solid pieces on strategy implications from sustainability.  The Business of Sustainability report from BCG reviews the impact the issue is having on companies and how it is affecting their strategic management. Most now see it as far more than just the latest fad and potentially a big factor in their future ...
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• Tuesday Morning Open Thread

  
  Mother Talkers — Authority: 140
  Whats up? Thank you to all of you who have written or called to ask about my mother-in-law in El Salvador. Hurricane Ida hit the country on Sunday and has killed 124 people, according to the Christian Science Monitor . Fortunately, my MIL is out of the country on vacation and was not affected. But I did call her ...
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• Former Wal-Mart Chief Joins P.E. Firm

  
  DealBook — Authority: 783
  Wal-Marts former chief, Lee Scott, has landed at private equity firm Solamere Capital.
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• TANcast 073 – Words, Words, Words, Words…

  
  TANcast — Authority: 122
  This week the wheels fall off several times over as the boys talk about the latest follies of Miss “Opposite Marriage” California, Twilight, Tim’s showering phobia, acronyms, rape jokes (sorry), gaming systems, a sweet Amazon offer that it is too late for you to take advantage of, Noah’s “diet,” the evils ...
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• Walmart Canada PhotoCenter: 50 Free Digital Picture Prints at WalmartPhotoCentre.ca for Members & Non-members *Hot*

  
  Canadian Freebies, Coupons, Deals, Bargains, Flyers, Contests Canada — Authority: 492
  Everyone (whether you already have an account or not) can get 50 free digital prints from Walmart Canada PhotoCenter WalmartPhotoCentre.ca using a Promo Code that comes from the Babyshow Flyer. Either create a new account or login to your current account and upload 50 pictures then use promo code 50MOM at ...
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• Strategery

  
  Corrente — Authority: 617
  [I thought Id update and re-post this, since with HR3962 our GENIUS Dems have really outdone themselves their indefatigable efforts to preserve the two-party system by giving the Republicans ever better odds in 2010 and 2012. Not that it matters to them; theyre all made in Versailles by now anyhow. --lambert] ...
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• Sony to Offer Film on Internet TV, Then DVD

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” will be priced at $24.95 for Internet TV and Blu-ray players.
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• Well heres an account on the Wal-Mart forum

  
  The Sixth Ward — Authority: 136
  Via Examiner.com . And I did see this guy up front during the portion of the townhall on Saturday for questions and comments. Mr. Theodore Seals outright condemned Wal-Mart for not showing up at the townhall. While I may not use his strong language on this issue Wal-Mart and the PR people did make a mistake by not ...
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• A follow-up on Whole Foods

  
  The Sixth Ward — Authority: 136
  To the post regarding Ald. Howard Brookins (21st Ward) talking to Whole Foods Market about coming to the Chatham Market shopping center to be one of the anchors in addition to Lowes. Of course that other anchor is expected to be Wal-Mart since at this time theyre the only ones who are willing to move in and build a ...
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