Walt Mart

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Date : May 10 , 2010

Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart is a retail company which has more than 8 ,000 retail branches in more than ten countries , the store branches make a huge profit that amounts to billions of dollars and provides employment opportunity for a lot of people across its many branches . Wal-Mart as a corporation is known for its generosity and its partnerships with international non profit organizations around the world . According to their official website , Wal-Mart started in 1962 with the opening of

the initial store in Rogers , Ark . Their shares came into market trading in 1970 , and in two years they were on New York Stock Exchange . Wal-Mart had opened more than 270 branches within ten years . The year 1991 saw it become an international corporation after a Sam 's club was opened close to Mexico City eight years after their first Sam 's club membership was established (walmartstores .com

The company aims at providing its customers with a worthwhile experience as they spend less money in the Wal-Mart stores . That was the vision of the founder Sam Walton as he started the company in 1962 . The company shares were split in 1971 for the first time , at the time the shares were selling at 47 in the market , the shares were split again after its listing in the New York Stock Exchange at a price of 47 .5 , at the time the company had expanded its number of store and they were now...