I recently got a new job at Walmart. Largest grocery store in the country, and I'm out there stocking shelves.
Congratulations. Is Walmart a very big store?
Oh, it's massive. There are almost 12,000 stores in the entire world. They're not all called "Walmart", but they're owned by the same people.
Is it a privately owned company or a public one?
It's privately owned, by publicly traded. The Walton family controls the company. That's why it's called "Wal"mart lol
Wow thats interesting. When did the company first start trading?
Walmart
Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31, 1969. It also owns and operates Sam's Club retail warehouses. Walmart has 11,368 stores and clubs in 27countries, operating under 55 differentnames. The company operates under the name Walmart in the United States and Canada, as Walmart de México
List of Walmart brands
Walmart, Inc., like many large retail and grocery chain stores, offers private brands (also called house brands, generic brands, or store brands), which are lower-priced alternatives to name brand products. Many products offered under Walmart brands are private label products, but in other cases, the production volume is enough for Walmart to operate an entire factory.
Apparel brands.
Apparel brands Major brands.
In March 2018, to better compete with Amazon and Target, Walmart introduced three