I like going shopping at Walmart it has a lot of deals
Yup Sam's Club is a nice warehouse store ran by Walmart also.
Do you know how long they have been in business
Since 1962 in Bentonville, AR where the first walmart was made.
How many are out there today?
Over 11,700 in 28 different countries!
Wow that is a ton of stores!
Yeah no wonder it does about $480 billion in revenue with 2.3m employees!
That is a ton of employees!
Criticism of Walmart
Walmart has been criticized by groups and individuals, including labor unions and small-town advocates protesting against Walmart policies and business practices and their effects. Criticisms include charges of racial and gender discrimination, foreign product sourcing, treatment of product suppliers, environmental practices, the use of public subsidies, and the company's spying on its employees. Walmart denies any wrongdoing and says that low prices are the result of efficiency.
In 2005, labor unions created new organizations and websites to criticize the company, including
portrait studio, a bank branch, a cell phone store, and a fast food outlet. Some also have gasoline stations. Discount Stores were Walmart's original concept, though they have since been surpassed by Supercenters.
In 1990, Walmart opened its first Bud's Discount City location in Bentonville. Bud's operated as a closeout store, much like Big Lots. Many locations were opened to fulfill leases in shopping centers as Walmart stores left and moved into newly built Supercenters. All of the Bud's Discount City stores had