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Directory of Discount Department Stores, 1980 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Directory of Discount Department Stores, 1980 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive The linked page shows Walmart's 271 locations in eleven states. Wal-Mart, as it was then, had only just begun to move into metro areas, but...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 9, 2020 4:56 PM

FlowingData: Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America

FlowingData: Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America An interactive time-lapse map shows the spread of Wal-Mart stores from its first store in Rogers, Ark., in 1962, to 3176 stores nationwide in 2007. (Via imagiNATIVEamerica.)...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 6, 2008 12:52 PM

Wal-Mart Warns of Democratic Win - WSJ.com

Wal-Mart Warns of Democratic Win - WSJ.com The nation's largest private employer warns its managers and department heads that a Democratic administration would pass "card check" legislation replacing a secret ballot to organize a union with signed cards collected by...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 1, 2008 12:48 PM