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Walmart ranked number 1 with a revenue of $500 billion.

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This then helped push revenues up by 6% during 2011, to $447 billion, but it hurt Walmart's bottom line- profits declined by 4.6% during the year, to $15.7 billion.

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The retailer was forced to aggressively cut prices to reverse its declining same store sales in the U.S

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In 2011, Walmart had slipped to number 2 on the Fortune 500 after holding the top spot for two years in a row.

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The Bentonvill, Ark,- based retailing giant last year became the 1st company in the U.S history to generate $500 billion in sales, as of 2018.

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As of 2018, for the sixth year in a row and the 14th time, total, Walmart has secured the number 1 spot on the Fortune 500 List.

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After opening up 136 super centers, 12 Neighborhood Markets, and 14 Sam's Clubs, the company announced two years ago they would be closing 269 stores around the world. this included Walmart Express stores, the company's store court has declined. This is when retailer focused on improving the stores they already have. They have opened up 1,000 grocery pickup stations, and expect to add another 1,000 next year.

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One of the biggest decisions Walmart made in the last 5 years was its $3.3 billion acquisition of Jet.com in August 2016. When McMilon took helm in 2014, he had recognized the need to focus on e-commerce, promising to "invest aggressively" in online sales.

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In February of 2015, Walmart said it would raise wages above the federal minimum of $7.25/hour, which would lift pay to at least $9/hour in April of 2015, and then $10/hour in February 2016, as long as employees completed a training program.

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Doug McMilon was promoted to CEO in February. When becoming CEO he inherited a company that was the verge of a crisis: comparable sames were failing.

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With the threats of Amazon and how popular online shopping has become, customers no longer want to come into the store to buy anything. 

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With the threats of Amazon and how popular online shopping has become, customers no longer want to come into the store to buy anything. 

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Walmart leadership attempts to integrate the values of its founder Sam Walton into the organizational culture in order to improve employee morale with positive implications on the bottom line.

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"Culture is the foundation of everything we do at Walmart. We define culture as our values in action. It's how we delivery superior customer service, create a great front-line work environment and improve performance in order to achieve our common purpose of saving people money so they can live better."

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"Culture is the foundation of everything we do at Walmart."

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"Walmart's history is more than just the stores we've built, the partnerships we've made and the customer's we've served. So much of our history is in the details. See how Walmart began, how we've grown and how our leadership has changed the retail industry."

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Grocery Delivery service lets you schedule a drop-off when it is most convenient for you at your home, office, or other locations. All with a 100% money back guarantee!
Walmart's Grocery Delivery Service provides great value, friendly service and fresh groceries on your schedule.

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Customers can browse the Walmart Grocery assortment online, which has the same prices as local Walmart stores.
On checkout, customers choose a designated store to visit and select a time slot to pick up their order.
There is a $30 minimum purchase for all Walmart Grocery orders and pickup is always free.

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Walmart has 2.2 million employees; thats more than the population of Houston.

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Walmart's top-selling item in 2014 was the banana.

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Walmart accounts for 25% of Clorox's total sales.

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Between 1962 (founded) and 2002, the number of single-store retailers, or mom-and-pop shops, declined 55% in the U.S.

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The Walton family is worth $152 billion, about as much as Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and Michael Bloomberg combined.

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The average Walmart Supercenter sells 140,000 items.

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Walmart's $288 billion U.S retail sales exceed those of Kroger, Target, and Costco combined.

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37 million people shop at Walmart every day; that's more than the population of Canada.

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Walmart averages a profit of $1.8 million every hour.

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Walmart U.S announces it will hire any honorably discharged veteran within their 1st year off active duty.

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Walmart celebrates 50 years of helping people save money so they can live better.

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Walmart takes a leading role in disaster relief, contributing $18 million and 2,450 truckloads of supplies to victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

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Walmart opens its first stores in China.

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David Glass is named chief executive officer.

1st Walmart Super-center opens in Washington, Missouri,

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The first distribution center and Home Office opens in Bentinville, AK

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The company officially incorporates as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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Walton family owns 24 stores, ringing up $12.7 million in sales

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July 2, 1962, Sam Walton opens the first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas.

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Annual Gross Profit for 2019 was $129,104B, a 1.7% increase from 2018

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Samuel Moore Walton

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Bentonville, AR

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1962