Walmart
American
Wal-Mart is an American multinational company that operates a chain of big box discount stores and grocery stores. - AsNotedIn
Wal-Mart is an American multinational company that operates a chain of big box discount stores and grocery stores. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1950/05/09 | Former J C Penney employee, Sam Walton, opens "Walton's Five and Dime", a Ben Franklin franchise, at 105 N Main St in Bentonville. | Store | The Walmart Museum | Bentonville, AR | |||
| 1962/07/02 | Sam Walton opens the first Walmart Discount City store at 719 W Walnut Street in Rogers, Arkansas. | Store | Walnut Street Historic District | Rogers, AR | |||
| 1969/00/00 | IBM installs a System360 Model 20, allowing Walmart to receive a daily sales report from each store, ensuring that the right items are available to customers. Company associates are paid through a centralized, computerized payroll system. | Customer | |||||
| 1970/00/00 | Jim Walton, Sam Walton and Helen Walton buy the Massey Hotel building and renovate it into offices. | Office | Massey Hotel | Bentonville, AR | |||
| 2008/12/00 | With generous help from the Wal-Mart Foundation, contributions from civic-minded donors and volunteers, the Victory Theater re-opens. The City agreed to by the theater as the long-term home of the Arkansas Public Theatre. | Benefactor | Victory Theater | Rogers, AR |
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