2025-05-22
45 分钟The walmart museum is as much a part of walmart's history as the exhibits and artefacts inside…
The Walmart museum in Bentonville, Arkansas, is a shrine to the life and work of Sam Walton -
the man changed the face of retail in America.
Every company has an origin story, and ours starts with Sam Walton.
The museum is on the site of the Walton Five and Dime, which opened in 1950.
A welcome video tells visitors that this is where Sam first experimented with his ideas about retailing.
It was here he began to believe he could build a successful business
by bringing a broad assortment of high quality merchandise
at discounted everyday low prices to smaller towns and families across America.
And he did.
In 1962, 'Mr.Sam' - as he was known - opened his first shop under the 'Walmart' name, in the nearby town of Rogers.
From that store, in a sleepy rural corner of America's south,
the company went on to be a towering colossus of retail - the biggest in America.
Today, ninety percent of Americans live within ten miles of a Walmart-owned store.
And the business has expanded across the globe, from Brazil and Mexico to India and China.
The founder of Walmart still looms large over the firm.
He is famous for his work ethic and entrepreneurial zeal.
Though he died in 1992, at the museum it's possible to get wisdom from the man himself via a hologram.
How do you make sure you're always the cheapest store in America?
So here's the simple lesson we learned...say, I bought an item for 80 cents.