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Strategy analysis of walmartThe?background?of?Wa?lmart 1962,?Sam?Walton?who?was?the?founder?and?opened?the?company’s??first?discount?store?in?Rogers.?Ark?City?.?1969,?The?company?officially?incorporated?as?Wal-Mart?Stores?Inc.?on?October?31.?The?1970,?marked?the?beginning?of?significant?growth?for?the?company.?The?first?year?of?that?decade?saw?the?opening?of?the?first?Walmart?distribution?center.?The?1972,?after?being?approved?and?listed?on?the?New?York?Stock?Exchange,?Walmart?stock?split?100?percent?for?a?second?time,?with?a?market?price?of?$47.50.?The?1983,the?first?Sam’s?Club?opened?in?Midw