who cam 1st k-mart or wal-mart and what year for each?

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who cam 1st k-mart or wal-mart and what year for each?

2006-08-13 23:28:17 · 3 answers · asked by artdee1_2000 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia

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K-Mart was first in Indiana by a long-shot. The K stood for Kresge's, which is a chain of smaller stores out of Chicago.

2006-08-15 00:52:50 · answer #1 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The first K- mart store opened up in 1962 in Garden City,Michigan
Sam Walton opened up his first wal-mart in Rogers Arkansas the same year

2006-08-14 06:34:37 · answer #2 · answered by sweetlittlemama2006 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

1962 - With Harry B. Cunningham as president, the company opened the first Kmart discount department store in a suburb of Detroit. Seventeen other Kmart stores opened the same year.

1962-Company founded with opening of first Wal-Mart in Rogers, Arkansas.

2006-08-14 07:02:26 · answer #3 · answered by mom2all 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋