On July 2, 1962, Sam Walton opened his first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas. On that day, the Deseret News included stories about Winston Churchill's ongoing recovery from a broken thigh bone and a ...

The site of the first Walmart store is now home to a new historical marker recognizing its place in Arkansas history as part of the state’s 250th anniversary celebration. State officials, Walmart ...

As Walmart celebrates the 62nd anniversary of its first store opening on July 2, 1962, let's take a look back at the early beginnings of one of the world's largest retailers. Walmart founder Sam ...

Sam Walton, who opened the first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962, considered himself a natural merchant. “I could sell,” he once wrote. Now the giant retailer he created must prove that it ...