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Walmart Inc: A Retail Giant's Global Footprint Walmart Inc, formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc, is an American multinational retail corporation operating a vast network of hypermarkets, discount stores, and grocery stores across 24 countries. Founded in 1962 by brothers Sam and James "Bud" Walton in Roge...
- Company type Public
- Industry Retail
- Founded July 2, 1962
- Founders Sam Walton, Bud Walton
- Headquarters Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
- Area served Worldwide
- Key people Greg Penner (chairman), Doug McMillon (president, CEO)
- Revenue US$680.99 billion (2025)
- Net income US$19.436 billion (2025)
- Number of employees 2,100,000 (2025)
- Subsidiaries List of subsidiaries
- Website www.walmart.com
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Walmart history
Last Updated : 22/03/25, 11:55 AM
Walmart: From Humble Beginnings to Retail Giant Sam Walton's entrepreneurial journey began with a Ben Franklin store in 1945, focusing on high-volume sales at low prices. Early success led to the opening of "Walton's Five and Dime" in Bentonville, Arkansas, which later became the Walmart Museum. The...
WALMART NEWS
Walmart will be a speck in India's retail market: FM
October 15, 2013 1:08 am
The US retail giant has been pitching for relaxing local sourcing norms under the foreign direct investment policy.
Studying feasibility of FDI norms in multi-brand: Walmart
October 15, 2013 12:54 am
Last week,Walmart and Bharti Enterprises announced that they were parting ways to operate independently in India,ending their six-year-old partnership.
PMO declines RTI information on Manmohan-Walmart lobby meetings
October 13, 2013 12:36 pm
Walmart lobbyists are under scanner and RTI query sought to know details about PM's role.
Bharti,Walmart call off India joint venture
October 10, 2013 10:02 am
US retail major will buy out its Indian partner in their 50:50 cash-and-carry joint venture.
Bharti Walmart retail JV in India terminated
October 09, 2013 7:13 pm
US retail giant Walmart,Sunil Mittal's Bharti Enterprises end speculation,cut links.
Anand Sharma slams Walmart for saying India retail foray not tenable
October 06, 2013 1:21 am
Walmart had announced its partnership with Indian partner Bharti not tenable.
With eye on multi-brand retail,FDI chases agricultural services
September 30, 2013 3:48 am
Investments in the segment has jumped four-fold over the last two years
Cabinet may take final call on Walmart lobbying case
July 29, 2013 6:04 pm
The findings of a one-man panel set up to probe retail giant Walmart's lobbying activities.
Pfizer,Boeing,IBM lobbying hard on Indian issues
July 29, 2013 2:54 pm
Walmart has surprisingly halted its lobbying on India-focussed issues in the last quarter.
Walmart halts India-specific lobbying in the US
July 29, 2013 1:08 am
The global retail giant had been lobbying for about five years to gain entry into India.
