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    Walmart is the number one producer of jobs for the people in America and all around the world. Walmart creates many jobs for people in America, some of them who like the job and some of them that don’t. Sam Walton believes that if you want to take care of the customers then you have to make sure that you are taking care of the employees in the store as well. If you make the employees happy and get them to like their job then the employees will be respectful and treat the customers good as well. Many

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    Capstone Artifact Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Corporation, founded by Sam Walton, opened its doors in 1950 in Bentonville, Arkansas as Walton’s 5&10. Sam want to take advantage of the different hunting seasons that living at the corner of four states had to offer (Wal-Mart 2017). Inspired by the early success of his dime store, and driven to bring even greater opportunity and value to his customers, Sam opened the first Wal-Mart in 1962 at the age of 44 in Rogers, Arkansas (Wal-Mart 2017). Because of all these

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    Wal-Mart is affordable, convenient, fast, and many more things to the average American, however, Wal-Mart has failed to hold up ethically in the global market. Not only are small businesses in America poorly effected by their malpractices, but countless young workers in China, Bangladesh, and Mexico are morally and financially bankrupted. The current American Wal-Mart employee starts their wage at around $9.00 an hour, which is hardly something to complain about in today’s economy. The issues we

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    Wal-Mart emerged in the early 1960’s as a one-stop shop, advertising everyday low prices. The idea quickly took off and expanded beyond the original store in Arkansas to all across the U.S. by the 1980’s. People loved the convenience Wal-Mart provided, eliminating multiple trips to different stores and saving time. They also saved money by shopping here, so it was an obvious choice for many consumers to shop at and support Wal-Mart. But behind their low prices and convenience, a more sinister motive

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    Why Walmart is Important to Our Community With new techniques and technologies the discount department store came into being via Wal-Mart which is the most successful big-box retailer. Walmart was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton who accidentally working as a clerk in a penny store started his career in retailing. It had a tremendous effect in all communities over the United State because of its pervasive impacting presence. Walmart is a corporation with 3,400 stores in the United State, with total

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    Arctic cat has been around for a long time from 1960 to present day. Edgar Hetteen founded the company and then went bankrupt in 1982. Then the company Arctco stepped into his place and created the same things Hetteen made. Arctco was successful and then changed the name back to the original Arctic Cat. Their Headquarters is in Plymouth, Minnesota and the majority of manufacturing is in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. The new 2017 Zr 6000 SX EFI is an all around power house according to Christopher

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    Wal-Mart • What each company does. The founder of Walmart, Sam Walton, was born in 1918 in Kingfisher Oklahoma. In his early twenties, Sam Walton decided to join the military. Shortly after returning from the military, Sam and his wife moved to Newport, Arkansas. Sam and his wife left Newport to gain a better small town living experience and this is where Sam had opened up his first “dime store”. Sam had a great experience with this store as well as great success. Because of such success in his

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    Samael Walton is mostly known for his large success with his company Walmart. Which was started in Newport, Arkansas with the intentions of creating a franchise with the model of low prices that has pushed Walmart to be a high success (Who is Sam Walton,n.d). He was born on march 29, 1918 in his hometown of Kingfisher, Oklahoma (Who is Sam Walton,n.d). In his later years, he finally published a book entitled “Sam Walton: Made in America” contains information about how the Walton’s lived and his

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    Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates retail stores in various formats around the world and is committed to saving people money, so they can live better. Walmart earns the trust of the customers every day by providing a broad assortment of quality merchandise and services at everyday low prices, while fostering a culture that rewards and embraces mutual respect, integrity, and diversity. Walmart’s focus for Sam’s Club is to provide exceptional value on brand name merchandise at “members only” prices for

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    successful, what could threaten or open new opportunities, and how might they hold a competitive advantage. History To fully understand Walmart’s business one should first study the history of Walmart’s retail company. Born in 1918, Sam Walton married his wife Helen Robson while serving in the military. After Sam’s military term ended Sam and Helen moved around until they finally settled in the small town of Bentonville, Arkansas. Bentonville is when Sam’s Walton’s 5&10 store led him to open the first

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