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Introduction The headquarters of Wal-Mart are located in Bentonville, Arkansas. Sam Walton, the founder of the company, launched a variety store in Newport, Arkansas in 1945. His brother, James 'Bud' Walton, opened an identical store in Missouri in 1946. Until the 1960s the enterprise was focused wholly on variety stores (Brunn, 2006). The original Wal-Mart Discount City was launched in 1962, which became the original discount store of Wal-Mart. The original Sam's Clubs were then launched in 1984, which was followed by the opening of the original supercenter in 1988. The original neighborhood market was launched in 1999. In ...
