Free ice cream gets the attention. A tightly chosen assortment, everyday prices and a shopping cart that follows you home explain how Bob’s Discount Furniture built a national business.
From technology services to custom closets to Bob’s Discount Furniture, Bill Barton has made a career of connecting the pieces. His next test: taking a straightforward retail promise toward 500 stores.
Walmart is the world's largest retailer by revenue, operating a global network of supercenters, discount stores, neighborhood markets, Sam's Club warehouse clubs and a fast-growing e-commerce business. Founded in 1962 by Sam Walton in Rogers, Arkansas, the company built its scale on an 'everyday low prices' model powered by a highly efficient supply chain. Today it blends roughly 10,500 stores worldwide with digital commerce, retail advertising, a growing marketplace and AI-driven shopping tools, serving hundreds of millions of customers each week while employing about 2.1 million people.