Walmart

Wall Mart
                         is an American that operates a and Headquartered in the company was founded by in 1962 and on October 31, 1969. It also owns and operates As of January 31, 2018, Walmart has 11,718 stores and clubs in 28 countries, operating under 59 different names.[1][2][11] The company operates under the name Walmart in the United States and Canada, as in Mexico and Central America, as Asda in the United Kingdom, as the in Japan, and as Best Price in India. It has operations in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and Canada.

Walmart is the approximately 480 billion according to list in 2016 – as well as the in the world with 2.3 million employees. It is a publicly traded as the company is controlled by the Sam Walton's heirs own over 50 percent of Walmart through their holding company, Walton Enterprises, and through their individual holdings. Walmart was the largest U.S. grocery retailer in 2016, and 62.3 percent of Walmart's US$478.614 billion sales came from U.S. operations.

The company debuted on the in 1972. By 1988, Walmart was the most profitable retailer in the U.S., and by October 1989, it had become the largest in terms of revenue. Originally geographically limited to the and lower by the early 1990s, the company had stores from Sam's Club opened in New Jersey in November 1989 and the first California outlet opened in in July 1990. A Walmart in opened in October 1990: the first main store in the

Walmart's investments outside North America have seen mixed results: its operations in the United Kingdom, South America, and China are highly successful, whereas ventures in Germany and South Korea failed.