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What Is Walmart?

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Walmart is a business organization that provides good and services in an effort to earn a profit. A profit is the money that a business earns in sales. The owner Samuel Moore "Sam" Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club. Most people that start businesses are called entrepreneurs. The first true Wal-Mart opened on July 2, 1962, in Rogers, Arkansas.[17] Called the Wal-Mart Discount City store, it was located at 719 West Walnut Street. Sam launched a determined effort to market American-made products. Included in the effort was a willingness to find American manufacturers who could supply merchandise for the entire Wal-Mart chain at
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