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2006-06-18 06:40:28 · 13 answers · asked by I-C-U 5 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
Wal-Mart was started by a man named Sam Walton, so it's basically "Walton's Mart (market)"
2006-06-18 06:44:00 · answer #1 · answered by Flyboy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A family called the "Waltons" started Wal-mart.
2006-06-18 13:43:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wal= Walton, the founder Sam Walton. Mart= Market. Also Sam's Club is similar, Sam Walton named it Sam's Club because the only people who can shop there are members of the "club".
2006-06-19 00:57:30 · answer #3 · answered by Garrett J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wal-Mart was founded by a man named Sam WALton.... he just used the first part of his name attached to "Mart" for the name of his store.
2006-06-18 13:44:29 · answer #4 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wal-Mart was founded by Sam Walton of Bentonville, Arkansas who probably wanted to trade on the K-Mart brand name by combining it with the first three letters of his last name. Just my own theory....
2006-06-18 14:06:18 · answer #5 · answered by -RKO- 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "Mart" simply means a market, a place to sell things. The "Wal" part is from the name of the man who started the company, Sam Walton.
Similarly, the "Toys R Us" chain of stores was started by Charles Lazarus. (Laz-ar-us = Toys-R-Us ... I know, it's not very similar).
2006-06-18 13:49:02 · answer #6 · answered by jackalanhyde 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sam Walton (who has died ) founded Wal*Mart in 1962 and it's offshoot Sam's Clubin the 80's.
2006-06-18 13:49:16 · answer #7 · answered by Master M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walton's
2006-06-18 13:45:26 · answer #8 · answered by nolyad69 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have no idea .. but try the info about Wal-Mart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal-Mart#Competition_in_the_United_States
2006-06-24 12:18:33 · answer #9 · answered by ♥♫♥ÇHÅTHÜ®ÏKÃ♥♫♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means shop at low cost at the peril of those who work there and half the third world
2006-06-18 13:43:48 · answer #10 · answered by Hans B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋