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March 29, 1918: Addicted to Walmart

March 29, 1918: Addicted to Walmart

Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart, is born.

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Taken in the mid-1980s. Wikimedia Commons.

Traveling through the American West at a young age, Sam Walton saw how his family combined ingenuity and tenacity to make ends meet. In young adulthood, the nascent entrepreneur would enter retail. He became obsessed with making the shopping process easier and with offering a tantalizing price for consumers.

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