Walmart Stores Inc has been a staple of America for longer than most of us can remember. Originally founded by Sam Walton in 1982, the brand has grown to a whopping 11,695 stores under 63 different names, spread out over 28 countries. There is a reason the Walton family are one of the richest in America! In terms of revenue, Walmart is the world’s largest company, with impressive sales of over $480 billion. Woah! They also employ 2.3 million employees, making them the largest private employer in the world.
The company was incorporated in 1969 and by 1970 it has 38 stores. The Walmart brand quickly spread and soon stores were popping up all over America, however Sam Walton didn’t want to stop there. Various subsidiaries of Walmart were opened up all over the world, such as Asda in the UK, and it wasn’t long before the company was one of the most recognizable brands on the planet. Sam Walton set up Walmart to sell lots of products at lower prices. While he knew this would bring his profit margin down, the key was to entice people to buy a lot more. And turns out, his idea was spot on. To have some of the smallest profit margins of any company and still have the biggest revenue of any company in the world means you are doing something very, very right. By 1988, the business was the most profitable retailer in the US and the rest, as they say, is history.
The thing is, anyone can afford to shop in Walmart, and that’s where they have done so well. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you’re from, you can shop at Walmart. There are no rules here! Well, maybe a couple (as you’ll find out a little bit later on in the article) Because it offers such a huge range of things at such low prices, you will find a wonderful mismatch of people browsing the aisles of Walmart at any one time – particularly during the holiday season and big shopping days like Black Friday! Some people bring their pets, others wear their pajamas, and then there are some who are just plain wild, that we have no words for. We have rounded up some of the most amazing pictures of the kookiest Walmart shoppers we could find from across America. These people are our heroes – we salute them!
[post_page_title]Laundry day[/post_page_title]
By the looks of this photo, it’s laundry day and the washer has broken down. This means the poor guy has had to leave the house in the only clean clothes he has, which just so happens to be a Harley Quinn onesie (which we all own, right?). Now they’re having to pick out some new threads, just so that the Quinn wannabe doesn’t have to go to work in that same onesie the next day… As the caption says, only at Walmart!
