Industry Franchises

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  • Sam Walton

    Sam Walton
    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

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

  • Walmart Inc.

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

  • Sam's Club opens

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

  • Sam's Choice

    Sam's Choice
    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

    Death of the CEO and Founder
    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

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

  • Walmart around the world

    Walmart around the world
    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

    Trademarks of Walmart
    “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

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