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Wal-Mart History: sam walton founded the company 1960' s, the first Wal-Mart department store opened in Rogers City, Arkansas1969101October 3/0/day, Wal-Mart Department Store Co., Ltd. was established 1970, the headquarters and the first. 1972, Wal-Mart shares were approved to be listed on the new york Stock Exchange. Inspired by 1975 Korean workers, sam walton introduced the famous "Wal-Mart Cheer"+1983 in the 1980s, and opened the first Sam member store in the midwestern American city of Oklahoma. 1984, Sam Walton fulfilled his promise to employees, and the company's pre-tax profit reached 8%. He dances hula on Wall Street. 1984, David glass became the president of the company. 1987, Wal-Mart's satellite network was completed, which is the largest private satellite system in the United States. 1988 David glass becomes CEO of the company 1988 The first Wal-Mart shopping center opens in Washington, Missouri 1990 1990 Wal-Mart becomes the largest retailer in the United States 199 1 Wal-Mart stores open in Mexico City. Wal-Mart Begins to Enter Overseas Markets/KOOC-0/992 March/KOOC-0/7 Mr. sam walton was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President George Bush of the United States/KOOC-0/5 April 992 Mr. sam walton passed away/KOOC-0/7 April 992 S. robson walton became the chairman of the board of directors of the company/KOOC-0/992 Wal-Mart entered Puerto Rico. 1993 wal-mart's international department was established, and Bobby Martin became the president and CEO of the international department 193 12. in the first week, the sales reached 10 billion dollars 1994, and he bought 122 Woolco stores/kl in Canada. He entered Argentina and Brazil 196, and he entered China through the establishment of a joint venture 5438+0997, becoming the largest private employer in the United States, with 680,000 employees in the United States and1150,000 employees outside the United States. 1997, Wal-Mart became the Dow Jones Industrial Average. 1997, Wal-Mart's annual sales exceeded 1000 billion USD for the first time, reaching 1. 05 billion dollars 1998 acquired 2 1 Wertkauf, entered Germany 1998, introduced community stores for the first time, and opened three community stores in Arkansas 1998. Charitable donations in the whole year exceeded10 billion USD, reaching10.2 million USD 1998. /kloc-0 entered Korea in 1999, and the total number of employees reached 1 1400, making it the largest private employer in the world. 199 Acquired ASDA Group Company (with 229 stores). In 2000, he entered the UK and ranked fifth in Fortune magazine's 2000 "The Most Respected Company in the World". In 2000, Li Sige became the president and CEO of Wal-Mart, and his sales of 200 1 day set a historical record. The day after Thanksgiving, it reached $65,438+25 million. In 2006, 5438+0 ranked first in Fortune magazine's ranking of the world's top 500 companies and third in Fortune magazine's ranking of "America's most respected companies". In 2002, it acquired part of shares in Xiyou Department Store in Japan and entered Japan, ranking first in Fortune magazine's ranking of the world's top 500 companies in 2002. And ranked first in Fortune magazine's "America's Most Admired Company", ranked first in Fortune magazine's 2003 Fortune Global 500 Company, and ranked first in Fortune magazine's "America's Most Admired Company". Wal-Mart Stores Limited was founded in Arkansas from 65438 to 0962 by American retail legend sam walton. After more than forty years of development, Wal-Mart Stores Limited has become the largest private employer in the United States and the largest chain retailer in the world. At present, Wal-Mart has opened more than 5,000 shopping malls in 10 countries around the world, with a total staff of more than 10.6 million, which are distributed in the United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, China, South Korea, Germany, Britain and other countries10. Nearly1.400 million customers visit Wal-Mart every week. In 2004, Wal-Mart's global sales reached US$ 285.2 billion, ranking among the Fortune 500 companies and the most respected companies for many years. At the same time, Wal-Mart has been rated as one of the "most admired enterprises" and "the most suitable enterprises for work" in many countries around the world. In 2004, Wal-Mart was rated as the first in the business tourism category of the brand awareness index of China's market advantage enterprises by China Business News, and it was the only retail enterprise on the list. In August of the same year, it ranked eighth in the list of "China's Most Admired Companies" in the Chinese version of Fortune.