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The first Wal-Mart Supercenter opened in 1988 in Washington, Mo.
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History Timeline
1960s
Store 1, Rogers, Ark.
First discount store in Rogers, Ark.
The Wal-Mart story began in 1962, when Sam Walton opened the company’s first discount store in Rogers, Ark. Five years later, there were 24 Wal-Mart stores in Arkansas ringing up $12.6 million in sales. 1968 saw the hiring of Wal-Mart Aviation’s first full-pilot,...