Walmart Inc. is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company was founded by brothers Sam and James "Bud" Walton in nearby Rogers, Arkansas in 1962 and incorporated under Delaware General Corporation Law on October 31, 1969. It also owns and operates Sam's Club retail warehouses.
Founder Sam Walton
Sam Walton's original Walton's Five and Dime Store in Bentonville, Arkansas, now serving as The Walmart Museum
Solar modules mounted on a Walmart Supercenter in Caguas, Puerto Rico (Store #2449)
A truck converted to run on biofuel
A hypermarket is a big-box store combining a supermarket and a department store. The result is an expansive retail facility carrying a wide range of products under one roof, including full grocery lines and general merchandise. In theory, hypermarkets allow customers to satisfy all their routine shopping needs in one trip. The term hypermarket was coined in 1968 by French trade expert Jacques Pictet.
Asian hypermarket in the Philippines, a branch of SM Hypermarket in SM Mall of Asia in Pasay, Metro Manila
Packaged food aisles at a Fred Meyer hypermarket in Portland, Oregon
The produce section of a typical Walmart Supercenter (Walmart's hypermarket brand) in Mexico
