query: When was the first Wal-Mart store opened?

title: Discount store

text: or department store in the United States. There were hundreds of discount stores in operation, with their most successful period occurring during the mid-1960s in the U.S. with discount store chains such as Kmart, Ames, Two Guys, E. J. Korvette, Mammoth Mart, Fisher's Big Wheel, Zayre, Bradlees, Caldor, Jamesway, Howard Brothers Discount Stores, Kuhn's-Big K (sold to Walmart in 1981), TG&Y and Woolco (closed in 1983, part sold to Wal-Mart) among others. Walmart, Kmart, and Target all opened their first locations in 1962. Other retail companies branched out into the discount store business around that time as adjuncts to their

title: Bi-Mart

text: Bi-Mart Bi-Mart is an employee-owned chain of retailers located in the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. A typical Bi-Mart houses merchandise including electronics and small appliances, housewares, hardware and power tools, sporting and hunting supplies, apparel, canned and packaged food, personal care products, a drugstore and pharmacy. The median size of a Bi-Mart store is . The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Eugene, Oregon. As of mid-2018, there are 79 store locations. Bi-Mart's first store opened in Yakima, Washington, in 1955 and it did not open a second store until 1962. In 1976, Bi-Mart

title: Helen Walton

text: 14, 1943 in Claremont. They had met in a bowling alley where her dad took her. She once said in a TV interview that upon marrying, they agreed to avoid family squabbling at all costs. In September 1945, Sam and Helen Walton opened a Ben Franklin "five and dime", their first retail store, in Newport, Arkansas. In 1950, they moved to Bentonville, Arkansas, and in 1962, they opened the first Wal-Mart. Sam Walton credits her for having the idea of the profit-sharing plan with the company's associates. When Sam Walton died in 1992, he left his ownership in Wal-Mart to

title: The Wal-Mart Effect

text: Democratic staff of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce released a report called "Wal-Mart's The Low‐Wage Drag on Our Economy: Wal‐Mart's low wages and their effect on taxpayers and economic growth", which analyzed Walmart's effect on U.S. government finances and concluded that each Walmart store costs taxpayers between $900,000 and $1.75 million per year for social services for its workers, such as healthcare, Section 8 housing programs, subsidized school lunches and earned income tax credits. The Wal-Mart Effect The Wal-Mart Effect is a 2006 book by business journalist Charles Fishman, a senior editor at "Fast Company" magazine,

title: The Wal-Mart Effect

text: to 1990, when journalist Julie Morris used it in a "USA Today" story. Following the publication of "The Wal-Mart Effect", Walmart commissioned its own study of the phenomenon from Global Insight, a research and consulting company. "The Wal-Mart Effect" was among several books documenting and analyzing the economic effects of Walmart on local economies: others have included "The Local Economic Impact of Walmart" by economist Michael J. Hicks, and "Walmart: The Face Of Twenty-First-Century Capitalism" by American labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein. Since the release of "The Wal-Mart Effect", journalists, economists and others have documented additional Walmart effects. In 2013, the

title: Wake Up Wal-Mart

text: and the url wakeupwalmart.com now redirects to another UFCW-funded group, Making Change At Walmart. The group argues that Wal-Mart pays "poverty wages", relies on public health care rather than providing its employees with healthcare, and is, in general, harmful to communities. In 2005, the group formed an organization called "Wal-Mart Workers of America". The group said that the purpose of the new organization is to assist past and present Wal-Mart employees, but that it is not a formal labor union. Wake Up Wal-Mart Wake Up Wal-Mart was a campaign founded by United Food and Commercial Workers Union. It is based

title: The Wal-Mart Effect

text: The Wal-Mart Effect The Wal-Mart Effect is a 2006 book by business journalist Charles Fishman, a senior editor at "Fast Company" magazine, which describes local and global economic effects attributable to the retail chain Walmart. In the book, Fishman writes that Walmart is arguably the world's most important privately controlled economic institution, and that the phrase "the Wal-Mart effect" is shorthand for a wide range of both positive and negative impacts on consumers resulting from how Walmart does its business. He describes these effects as including the suburbanization of the local shopping experience, the driving down of local prices for

title: Discount Drug Mart

text: a Chain Store Guide list of the top 100 drug chains. The early 1990s brought increased competition to the industry. Discount Drug Mart was still smaller than the Ohio drug store chains of Revco and Phar-Mor, and were being threatened by superstores Kmart, Wal-Mart, and Target Corporation. Discount Drug Mart expanded across Ohio through the 1990's. Discount Drug Mart Discount Drug Mart, Inc., is an Ohio-based drug store chain. Its first store opened in Elyria, Ohio in 1969. In 1969, Parviz Boodjeh established the first Discount Drug Mart in Elyria, Ohio. The store originally filled prescriptions, and sold toiletries, grocery,

title: Wake Up Wal-Mart

text: Wake Up Wal-Mart Wake Up Wal-Mart was a campaign founded by United Food and Commercial Workers Union. It is based in Washington, D.C. and is often critical of the business practices of Walmart, the world's largest retailer, and the largest private employer in the United States. The group claims Walmart is currently offering its employees substandard wages and health care benefits, and has called on the retailer to improve both. Wake Up Wal-Mart was founded April 5, 2005 and maintains the web site WakeupWalMart.com, the centerpiece of the organization. The organization is now defunct. Its website is no longer active

title: Department store

text: Avenue stores. Other large chains are Coppel and Elektra, which offer items for the bargain price seeker. Wal-Mart operates Suburbia for lower income shoppers, along with stores under the brand names of Wal-Mart, Bodega Aurrera, and Superama. The first two conglomerates have a very strong mark in the country, and particularly in Mexico City. Foreign chains such as J. C. Penney had previously entered the Mexican market, but they failed to gain popularity. Sears likewise had little success after it opened its first department store in Mexico City in 1947. Bluebird is the first department store in Nepal and BhatBhateni

title: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

text: of discovery, which was not previously required. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes Wal-Mart v. Dukes, 564 U.S. 338 (2011), was a United States Supreme Court case. The case was an appeal from the Ninth Circuit's decision in Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in which the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 decision, reversed the district court's decision to certify a class action lawsuit in which the plaintiff class included 1.6 million women who currently work or have worked for Walmart stores, including the lead plaintiff, Betty Dukes. Dukes, a current Walmart employee, and others alleged gender discrimination in pay and promotion

title: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

text: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes Wal-Mart v. Dukes, 564 U.S. 338 (2011), was a United States Supreme Court case. The case was an appeal from the Ninth Circuit's decision in Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in which the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 decision, reversed the district court's decision to certify a class action lawsuit in which the plaintiff class included 1.6 million women who currently work or have worked for Walmart stores, including the lead plaintiff, Betty Dukes. Dukes, a current Walmart employee, and others alleged gender discrimination in pay and promotion policies and practices in Walmart stores. The

title: Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

text: its business practices. Walmart has disputed the factual accuracy of the statements made in the film. "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" has been credited as one of the reasons that Walmart created a public relations "war room" in late 2005 to respond to criticism. Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price is a 2005 documentary film by director Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films. The film presents a negative picture of Walmart's business practices through interviews with former employees, small business owners, and footage of Walmart executives. Greenwald also uses statistics

title: E-mart

text: E-mart e-mart () is the largest retailer in South Korea. There were 160 stores across the country as of December 2016. It was founded on 12 November 1993 by Shinsegae as the first discount retailer in South Korea. E-Mart is the oldest and largest discount store chain in Korea with total sales volume exceeding US$9.4 billion in 2009. With new store openings and acquisition of Wal-Mart Korea in 2006, E-Mart is enjoying its retail leadership in the discount store market. E-mart offers everything from food to clothes to diapers, and provides a very large variety of merchandise. E-mart has a

title: Rogers v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

text: petitioned for remand to state court because the amount in controversy requirement was no longer met. The 6th Circuit upheld a denial of the petition for remand, holding that the amount in controversy at the time of removal was what mattered. Rogers v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Rogers v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 230 F.3d 868 (6th Cir. 2000), was a case decided by the 6th Circuit that held that remand to a state court cannot be achieved after removal to a federal court by lowering the damages sought to fall below the amount in controversy requirement. The plaintiff sued Walmart in

title: Mauldin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

text: back pay. On December 20, 2006, the court dismissed the case. Walmart's new health care policy went into effect on January 1, 2007. Mauldin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Mauldin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. was a sexual discrimination class action lawsuit filed on October 16, 2001, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, seeking back pay and an injunction. The suit challenged Walmart's denial of health insurance coverage for prescription contraceptives. The case was granted class action status with an estimated 400,000 women eligible for participation in the lawsuit. In September 2006, Walmart added prescription contraceptives

title: Mauldin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

text: Mauldin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Mauldin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. was a sexual discrimination class action lawsuit filed on October 16, 2001, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, seeking back pay and an injunction. The suit challenged Walmart's denial of health insurance coverage for prescription contraceptives. The case was granted class action status with an estimated 400,000 women eligible for participation in the lawsuit. In September 2006, Walmart added prescription contraceptives to its health insurance coverage. In November 2006, the court ordered an investigation into whether illegal kickbacks were paid by Milberg Weiss to

title: Rogers v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

text: Rogers v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Rogers v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 230 F.3d 868 (6th Cir. 2000), was a case decided by the 6th Circuit that held that remand to a state court cannot be achieved after removal to a federal court by lowering the damages sought to fall below the amount in controversy requirement. The plaintiff sued Walmart in state court for a state law negligence action, seeking $950,000 in damages. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441, the defendant removed to federal court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction. The plaintiff reduced the damages sought to less than $75,000 and

title: Magnet Mart

text: Magnet Mart Magnet Mart was a Canberra-based chain of hardware stores that was locally owned and operated until 2011, when it was purchased by Woolworths. At its peak it operated 5 large hardware stores and employed approximately 400 people around Canberra and southern New South Wales in Australia. The first store with the Magnet Mart name was opened in 1985 in Queanbeyan, although stores which later became Magnet Marts were opened as the Paul's Home Centres in Phillip in 1972 and Belconnen in 1976. A large 13,500 m store in Gungahlin opened in 2002. A large store was also opened

title: Place Rosemère

text: 16 years later, on March 13th 1991, that it opened at Place Rosemère. Dominion was acquired by Provigo in 1981 and Woolco by Wal-Mart in 1994. A first expansion, opened in 1991, relocated the Canadian Tire store into the new section, along with the newly opened La Baie store. This expansion brought the mall to 150 stores. Another expansion, opened in 2002, brought the mall to its current size and layout as Wal-Mart moved to a new location in the mall's expansion and a new Sears store moved to the old Wal-Mart store. This expansion coincided with the closing of

title: Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

text: Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price is a 2005 documentary film by director Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films. The film presents a negative picture of Walmart's business practices through interviews with former employees, small business owners, and footage of Walmart executives. Greenwald also uses statistics interspersed between interview footage, to provide an objective analysis of the effects Walmart has on individuals and communities. The film features archival footage of Walmart CEO Lee Scott praising the corporation at a large employee convention, intercut with interviews designed to undercut Scott's statements. The documentary

title: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

text: in a statement that the decision violates "both due process and federal class action rules, contradicting numerous decisions of other federal appellate courts and the Supreme Court itself" and indicated that Walmart would appeal to the Supreme Court. Plaintiffs' counsel argued that "Wal-Mart is attempting to dismantle the Supreme Court's employment discrimination class action jurisprudence [that] would require the Court to overrule 45 years of civil rights and class action precedent." On December 6, 2009, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Walmart's appeal as "Wal-Mart v. Dukes". Oral argument for the case occurred on March 29, 2011. On June 20,

title: The Wal-Mart Effect

text: all everyday necessities, the draining of the viability of the traditional local shopping areas, a continual downward pressure on local wages, the consolidation of consumer product companies aiming to match Walmart's scale, a continual downward pressure on inflation, and a new and continual cost scrutiny at a wide range of businesses enabling them to survive on thinner profit margins. Fishman concludes that Walmart is "beyond the market forces that capitalism relies on to enforce fair play [and] isn't subject to the market forces because it's creating them." Fishman did not coin the phrase Wal-Mart effect. It has been traced back

title: Capital Plaza Mall

text: the ones at Capital Plaza Mall by the end of 2000. By 2005, nearly all of the mall's smaller tenants closed and moved out of the location. This resulted in the closure of the mall by its owner Nellis Corporation. The site was leased by Wal-Mart, which demolished the mall to build the first and only (until December 4, 2013, when two Wal-Marts opened in Washington, D.C.) Wal-Mart store inside the Capital Beltway. The new Wal-Mart opened in March 2007 and featured over 11,000 applicants for 330 jobs. As of October 2018, both signs that advertised the mall are still

title: Valu-Mart

text: center was located in Kent (212th and East Valley Highway) in the newly built Benaroya Business Park. In the 1960s, the Oregon stores were branded as Villa-Mart (alternatively written as Villa Mart). The first store opened in the early 1960s, in Portland, with another opened soon afterward in Eugene, in 1963. Additional stores followed in Beaverton and Milwaukie in 1966 and 1969, respectively. A Villa-Mart store also was opened in Salem in 1969. The Oregon stores were eventually renamed Valu-Mart. On September 9, 1970, the Greenwood location (100 NW 85th St.) was opened. It was a very modern store with

title: H Mart

text: Richmond Hill, with another opening in Downtown Toronto across from Ryerson University in 2017. H Mart Europe Limited was incorporated in 2009 and in 2011 H Mart opened its first store in Europe, in New Malden, London. H Mart Mini opened in 2015 on Tottenham Court Road. In 2017, an "OSEYO" store opened in Camden Town. The H-Mart Mini store on Tottenham Court Road re-branded as "OSEYO" in 2018. There are four "OSEYO" stores as of 2018. In 2012, outside the Flushing, New York, location, pop-up picket lines appeared to protest H Mart's hiring practices. Jim MacDonald, the protest organizer,

title: Hispanics and Latinos in Houston

text: V's Smart Shop also targets Hispanic and Latino consumers. In April 2009 Wal-Mart opened the "Supermercado de Walmart," a store designed to appeal to Hispanic customers, in Spring Branch. Converted from a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market, it was the first "Supermercado de Walmart" opened by the company in the United States. June 2009 Wal-Mart was scheduled to open Más Club, a version of Sam's Club catering to Hispanics and Latinos. Más Club closed in January 2014. Supermercado de Wal-Mart closed in December 2014. Eschbach said that, historically, Hispanics resided in specific neighborhoods of Houston, such as Denver Harbor, the Houston Heights,

title: Novi Town Center

text: the plans for expansion, and because of that, the theater did not pay any rent during its final three years of operation. In 2011 the Novi City Council voted 5-2 to give a special land-use permit to Wal-Mart and 6-1 to a preliminary site plan approval to Wal-Mart; these votes allowed the development of the store to proceed. The Wal-Mart opened in 2012, making it the 86th superstore in Michigan. The Wal-Mart store, on a lot, takes up of space. Greta Guest of the "Detroit Free Press" stated that new retailers planned to open as the Wal-Mart was developed. Novi

title: Whirl-Mart

text: Whirl-Mart Whirl-Mart is a culture jamming ritual aimed at retail superstores and described by participants as "art and action". An event consists of a group of supposed shoppers who congregate at a large superstore (usually a Wal-Mart, Toys "R" Us, Asda, or Sainsbury's) and slowly push empty shopping carts silently through store aisles. Participants will not purchase anything and seek to form a lengthy chain of non-shoppers, continually weaving and "whirling" through a maze of store aisles for up to an hour at a time. Participants describe their actions as "a collective reclamation of space that is otherwise only used

title: Whirl-Mart

text: on the first Saturday or Sunday of the month. Whirl-Marters are often very loosely organized, describing themselves as open to anyone wishing to show up and participate. In addition to being "just darned fun," the activity provides a legal outlet for would-be protesters to address "cathedral(s) of consumption" like Wal-Mart. Consequently, experienced Whirl-Marters (when confronted by security or store management) do not admit to being protestors and instead maintain that they are engaged in a peaceful "consumption awareness ritual." Whirl-Marters do not aim to block store aisles or interfere with legitimate shoppers, and typically will not speak unless addressed. Their

title: Miracle Mart (Canada)

text: in Pont-Viau, Laval was still in operation when the company declared bankruptcy. Miracle Mart (Canada) Miracle Mart was a chain of discount department stores with locations in Ontario and Quebec, Canada based in Saint-Laurent, Quebec. It was founded in 1960 by Montreal-based grocery chain Steinberg's and its first store opened in 1961. Miracle Mart was initially supposed to operate under the name Steinberg-Woodward as part of a joint venture between Steinberg's and Vancouver-based department store Woodward's, but the partnership rapidly ended. Miracle Mart operated at mid-level and competed with the likes of Towers/Bonimart, Zellers, Woolco and Kmart. There was also

title: And When the Sky Was Opened

text: episode is loosely based on the short story "Disappearing Act" by Richard Matheson. The story was first published in "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" (March 1953). Rod Taylor and director Douglas Heyes later worked together on the TV series "Bearcats!". And When the Sky Was Opened "And When the Sky Was Opened" is episode eleven of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone". It originally aired on December 11, 1959. It is an adaptation of the Richard Matheson short story "Disappearing Act". United States Air Force Colonel Clegg Forbes arrives at a military hospital to visit his

title: Stein Mart

text: Stein Mart Stein Mart is an American discount men and women's department store chain based in Jacksonville, Florida. The company reported a profit of $25.6 million in 2013 with operation of 260 stores in 29 states. Stein Mart has locations primarily in the Southeast, Texas and California. Stein Mart stores carry recent trends in clothing for both men and women. Additionally, home décor, accessories, and shoes are all available at discounted prices. Stein Mart was founded in 1908 by Sam Stein, a Russian Jewish immigrant who opened his first store in Greenville, Mississippi. The department store carried general merchandise until

title: Whirl-Mart

text: document their activities with cameras or video recorders. The film or tape from these are often seized by store authorities. A few websites have video documenting Whirl-Mart events; however, in general, superstores do not permit cameras or video recorders on their premises — excluding security cameras used by the corporation itself. Whirl-Mart Whirl-Mart is a culture jamming ritual aimed at retail superstores and described by participants as "art and action". An event consists of a group of supposed shoppers who congregate at a large superstore (usually a Wal-Mart, Toys "R" Us, Asda, or Sainsbury's) and slowly push empty shopping carts

title: And When the Sky Was Opened

text: And When the Sky Was Opened "And When the Sky Was Opened" is episode eleven of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone". It originally aired on December 11, 1959. It is an adaptation of the Richard Matheson short story "Disappearing Act". United States Air Force Colonel Clegg Forbes arrives at a military hospital to visit his friend and co-pilot Major William Gart. The two had recently piloted an experimental spaceplane, the X-20 DynaSoar, on a mission that took them 900 miles beyond the confines of the Earth's atmosphere for the first time. During their voyage the men blacked

title: Why Wal-Mart Works; and Why That Drives Some People C-R-A-Z-Y

text: amateur production values. Ron Galloway later turned against the Walmart company, following the implementation of wage caps for some workers. Why Wal-Mart Works; and Why That Drives Some People C-R-A-Z-Y Why Wal-Mart Works; and Why That Drives Some People C-R-A-Z-Y is a 2005 independent documentary film by Ron and Robert David Galloway. It investigates the reasons behind the financial success of the Walmart Corporation. The documentary suggests that many criticisms of Walmart arise from feelings of jealousy over the company's success. The documentary "" was released on the same day as "Why Wal-Mart Works". Director Ron Galloway was quoted as

text: Why Wal-Mart Works; and Why That Drives Some People C-R-A-Z-Y Why Wal-Mart Works; and Why That Drives Some People C-R-A-Z-Y is a 2005 independent documentary film by Ron and Robert David Galloway. It investigates the reasons behind the financial success of the Walmart Corporation. The documentary suggests that many criticisms of Walmart arise from feelings of jealousy over the company's success. The documentary "" was released on the same day as "Why Wal-Mart Works". Director Ron Galloway was quoted as saying, "I started making my film with no agenda, with no set outcome in mind. With the $85,000 of our

title: Magic Mart

text: Magic Mart Magic Mart was a chain of department/discount stores headquartered in Bluefield, Virginia. The chain was owned by Ammar's Inc., a private family-owned company. Magic Mart had stores in Eastern Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Western and Central North Carolina and southern and western West Virginia. Magic Mart was founded by the Ammar family. In 1920, the Ammar brothers opened Ammar Brothers' Department Store in Williamson, West Virginia. In 1967, the Ammars opened the first Magic Mart in Grundy, Virginia. Magic Mart became more successful and more numerous. The Ammar Brothers' Department Stores all closed by 1974. In 1991, Magic Mart

title: Al Norman

text: #1 enemy." His work has been featured in such documentaries as "The High Cost of Low Prices", "Store Wars", "Wal-Mart Nation", and "Talking to the Wal". Norman says that over the past two decades he has helped stopped more big box projects than any other person on the globe. Al Norman Al Norman is the founder of Sprawl-Busters, a noted anti-sprawl activism organization. He achieved national notice in 1993 during a protracted battle to prevent a Wal-Mart store from being opened in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Norman is the author of three books "The Case Against Wal-Mart"(2004) and "Slam-Dunking Wal-Mart!" (1999) about

title: Nebraska Furniture Mart

text: the new store and merged it with the Mart. In 1994, the Mart added an electronics and appliance store. In 1998, at age 104, Mrs. B died, leaving behind the nation's largest home furnishings store. In 2001, Nebraska Furniture Mart bought Homemakers Furniture in Iowa and opened the Mart's second location in Clive, Iowa. In 2003, the Mart opened its third store in Kansas City, Kansas' Village West complex. The opening of the Kansas City store was initially plagued with problems for nearly two years. The store was overwhelmed by the number of customers, which also caused deliveries to lag

title: Discount Drug Mart

text: Discount Drug Mart Discount Drug Mart, Inc., is an Ohio-based drug store chain. Its first store opened in Elyria, Ohio in 1969. In 1969, Parviz Boodjeh established the first Discount Drug Mart in Elyria, Ohio. The store originally filled prescriptions, and sold toiletries, grocery, and gift items. In the early 1980s, Boodjeh began standardizing the merchandise offerings and commissioned an architect to develop a store design on which all Discount Drug stores would be based. A model was produced and adopted, and this design was later modified and enlarged to . In 1989, it ranked 34th in sales according to

title: Bi-Mart

text: 2003, Bi-Mart announced it was expanding eastward. Eight stores were planned with the first store in Havre, Montana. The second store opened three years later in Weiser, Idaho. In 2006, Bi-Mart exited the Montana market due to poor sales. Like Costco and Sam's Club, Bi-Mart stores are membership stores; unlike those chains, its members-only policy started as a workaround to fair trade laws established in the United States in the 1930s such as the Miller-Tydings Act and those related to suggested retail prices. Thus, the membership for an entire family costs $5 and never expires. Bi-Mart Bi-Mart is an employee-owned

title: Black Friday (shopping)

text: asked to leave the store, but refused. A man was arrested at a Florida Wal-Mart on drug and weapons charges after other shoppers waiting in line for the store to open noticed that he was carrying a handgun and reported the matter to police. He was discovered to also be carrying two knives and a pepper spray grenade. A man in Buffalo, New York, was trampled when doors opened at a Target store and unruly shoppers rushed in, in an episode reminiscent of the deadly 2008 Wal-Mart stampede. On Black Friday 2011, a woman at a Porter Ranch, California Walmart

title: Roses (store)

text: on their larger stores. When Wal-Mart first moved into the region in the early 1980s, its larger store format seriously diminished Roses' market share and profitability. In 1997, Roses was purchased by Variety Wholesalers, which dates back to the 1932 opening of Pope's 5 & 10 cent stores in Fuquay-Varina and Angier, North Carolina. There were 106 Roses stores in operation when Variety completed the purchase. Variety quickly returned the Roses stores to profitability and soon began an expansion program that has doubled the number of stores. Rose's Stores, Inc. was renamed Variety Stores, Inc. in 2001 but the stores

title: WeGrow Store

text: Mann. WeGrow Store weGrow, branded as the "first honest hydro store" and called the "Wal-Mart of Weed" by CNN, is a national hydroponics franchise that sells products and services to help patients cultivate medicinal marijuana. It is the first hydroponics store in the US that openly talks about cultivating cannabis for medical use. weGrow was founded in January 2010 by CEO Dhar Mann, a medical marijuana entrepreneur. He began franchising the brand in October of that year. weGrow currently has franchises in Sacramento, California and Phoenix, Arizona, with a non-retail distribution hub in Oakland, California. weGrow stores do not sell

title: WeGrow Store

text: WeGrow Store weGrow, branded as the "first honest hydro store" and called the "Wal-Mart of Weed" by CNN, is a national hydroponics franchise that sells products and services to help patients cultivate medicinal marijuana. It is the first hydroponics store in the US that openly talks about cultivating cannabis for medical use. weGrow was founded in January 2010 by CEO Dhar Mann, a medical marijuana entrepreneur. He began franchising the brand in October of that year. weGrow currently has franchises in Sacramento, California and Phoenix, Arizona, with a non-retail distribution hub in Oakland, California. weGrow stores do not sell marijuana.

title: Whirl-Mart

text: for buying and selling". Whirl-Marters seek to mimic and mock what they perceive as the absurdity of the shopping process. The activity was founded by the group "Breathing Planet Troupe" at a Wal-Mart store in Troy, New York, USA on April 1, 2001. The group was seeking to respond to an article from AdBusters magazine that called for foolish activities in conjunction with April Fool's Day. Since that time, Whirl-Mart activities have spread to many other communities around the world, including Texas, Iowa, Arizona, and Pennsylvania in the USA, Canada, and the United Kingdom. It is often "celebrated" at noon

title: Miracle Mart (Canada)

text: Miracle Mart (Canada) Miracle Mart was a chain of discount department stores with locations in Ontario and Quebec, Canada based in Saint-Laurent, Quebec. It was founded in 1960 by Montreal-based grocery chain Steinberg's and its first store opened in 1961. Miracle Mart was initially supposed to operate under the name Steinberg-Woodward as part of a joint venture between Steinberg's and Vancouver-based department store Woodward's, but the partnership rapidly ended. Miracle Mart operated at mid-level and competed with the likes of Towers/Bonimart, Zellers, Woolco and Kmart. There was also a similarly named grocery chain, Miracle Food Mart (Steinberg's rebranded all their

title: Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

text: it "advocacy journalism at its most unsparing, and it demands to be seen, discussed, argued with, and acted upon." Matthew Turner of "The ViewLondon" reviews says, "If Greenwald’s intention was to make the audience very angry indeed then the film is a resounding success." The film has been endorsed and promoted by MoveOn.org; unions, through the Wake Up Wal-Mart and Walmart Watch campaigns; and other groups. Some reviewers have observed that while the documentary features stories of former employees and residents of communities that Walmart has impacted, it does not sufficiently explore the customers' role in Walmart's financial success, despite

title: H Mart

text: California. As of 2018 there were 63 H Mart locations in the United States, in California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Texas. In Summer 2018, H Mart signed a lease for a 42,000-square-foot store in San Francisco, H Mart began moving into Western Canada starting in December 2003 with their first store in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The original and the next three were a first for the Vancouver suburbs as the company opened their first western North American stores in Canada as opposed to the United States first. Seattle, Los Angeles

title: Mauldin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

text: significant burden for [Mauldin] (and certainly a prohibitive one for many fellow employees, who earn significantly lower wages)." Mauldin sued Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., her employer, claiming that the defendant's health plan was in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because its provisions did not provide coverage for prescription contraceptives. Mauldin sought to amend Walmart's health plan to include coverage for contraceptives and to receive reimbursement for the cost of contraceptives, pre-judgment interest, and attorneys' fees. Maudlin was represented by a legal team consisting of the law firm of Milberg Weiss as lead class counsel, George

title: Sky City (store)

text: Sky City (store) Sky City was a discount store chain based in Asheville, North Carolina. In the early 1970’s, Sky City took a huge plummet when Wal-Mart started moving into the areas of North Carolina where there had previously been no competition except for Rose's Department Store. In 1991 Interco, Inc. sold Sky City Stores, Inc. to a group of investors, headed by Harvey Yellen, Sky City Stores' chief executive officer, for an undisclosed figure. The investment group formed a new company, Sky City Holding Corp. The new owner, The Sky City Holdings Corp., includes a Hong Kong-based global trading

title: Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

text: most of Greenwald's interviews are of politically conservative, patriotic, "red state" citizens who are distressed about Walmart's policies and impact. As the film draws to a close, Greenwald documents the efforts of several communities that have successfully blocked Walmarts from opening in their towns, suggesting that others should do the same. "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" has enjoyed critical acclaim and earned a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes based on reviews from 28 critics. On Metacritic the film has a score of 71 out of 100 based on reviews from 18 critics. Ty Burr of "The Boston Globe" calls

title: Online music store

text: download the album for free. About one-third of people who downloaded the album paid nothing, with the average price paid being £4. After three months online the album was taken down by the band and physically released it in the CD format. , the largest online music store is the iTunes Store, with around 80% of the market. On 3 April 2008, the iTunes Store surpassed Wal-Mart as the biggest music retailer in the United States, a milestone in the music industry as it was the first time in history that an online music retailer exceeded those of physical music

title: H Mart

text: stores and by March 2006, the company had 22 locations. With the exception of two stores in Denver, Colorado, all of the locations were located on the East Coast. The company scheduled the opening of its first West Coast location in Federal Way, Washington, in April 2006. After its 2001 opening, an H Mart location in Northern Virginia gained many Hispanic American employees. After cultural conflicts between Hispanic and Korean American employees in one store, the H Mart headquarters provided an intercultural training course, with translations in Spanish. In Spring 2017, H Mart opened a 43,000-square-foot store in San Jose,

title: Seligman, Missouri

text: the 1990s, Seligman began a series of civic development projects to improve infrastructure, which included the construction of a new city water tower and two city parks. More recently, Seligman has continued civic development by establishing a community center, playground, public library, and the James L. Bottorff Memorial Museum, constructed as part of the Duane Corn Municipal Complex. A new fiber optic cable also now serves the area. In December 2014, Wal-Mart opened a neighborhood store in Seligman. Wal-Mart closed the store in August 2015 and remained vacant until August 2016 when Harp's acquired the property. One story maintains that

title: America's Car-Mart

text: America's Car-Mart America's Car-Mart is a publicly held American automotive retailer in the United States. As of 2018, The brand currently operates 139 dealerships across 11 states with approximately 1,460 employees. Car-Mart focuses primarily on the "Buy Here, Pay Here" used car market, operating dealerships in smaller communities throughout the south-central United States. Consequently, its operations are conducted through two operating subsidiaries, America's Car-Mart, Inc and Colonial Auto Finance, Inc. Car-Mart opened its first store in Rogers, Arkansas in 1981. Car-Mart is listed on the NASDAQ exchange under the abbreviation (CRMT). Car-Mart was recognized in 2018 by Forbes Magazine as

title: The Mall at 163rd Street

text: way for The Home Depot. A major change to the enclosed mall itself occurred in October 2003, when the Jordan Marsh building, its adjoining parking structure, and about ⅓ of the mall was demolished and replaced with a Wal-Mart Supercenter that opened in September, 2005. The remaining mall was reworked to include big-box stores, including Office Depot and Ross. Steve & Barry's opened on the upper level of the former Burdines in 2007, but closed in 2009 after a nationwide liquidation. In 2015, the anchor store, office depot store closed, temporarily replaced by a Halloween City store in 2017. The

title: Dari Mart

text: operation employs more than 450 people. The company has started selling dairy products internationally as well. The first Dari Mart store opened in 1965 as a way to market the farm's dairy products. Gladys and Howard Gibson established Lochmead Farms in 1941, and has been owned for three generations by the Gibson family of Junction City, Oregon. Today, about 20 Gibson/Straube family members spread across three generations work with the Dari Mart and Lochmead Farm companies. Dari Mart Dari Mart is a chain of convenience stores located in the U.S. state of Oregon. Dari Mart has 44 stores located exclusively

title: Labor spying in the United States

text: Case Against Wal-Mart", author Al Norman cites many of the usual criticisms of the big box retail chain. He has written, Wal-Mart is so terrified of union organizing, the company allegedly monitors some of its stores' phone calls and emails. Jon Lehman, a former Wal-Mart store manager, told Bloomberg news in February 2004 that Wal-Mart has a 60×60-foot room in Bentonville in which two dozen people with headsets conduct surveillance on calls and emails from stores, to see whether anyone is talking about union organizing. Wal-Mart has responded that they monitor stores only if there is a risk of a

title: A&P Family Mart

text: first Family Mart opened in Greenville, South Carolina as The Family Mart in 1977. The Family Mart chain consisted of mostly stores, and were among the first A&P stores to possess a combination of a full-service supermarket and pharmacy. Family Mart went defunct in 1999 as A&P closed almost all of its Southeast stores. In the 1980s and 1990s most Family Marts replaced the orange in its store motif with green (keeping white) to match the colors used in A&P and Super Fresh stores. A&P Family Mart A&P Family Mart, sometimes referred to simply as Family Mart or Family Mart

title: Wal-Lex Recreation Center

text: its own age. On the spot once occupied by the mini-golf course now sits a Burger King restaurant which opened in 1986. The rest of the facility remained operational until it was closed and demolished in 2002. The former site of Wal-Lex now houses a CVS and a Staples store. The Wal-Lex bowling alley was the filming site for the television show Candlepins for Cash after the show moved to WXNE-TV Channel 25 in 1982. Wal-Lex Recreation Center The Wal-Lex Recreation Center, or simply Wal-Lex, was an entertainment complex located in Waltham, Massachusetts which operated from 1947 until 2002. Considered

title: Al Norman

text: Al Norman Al Norman is the founder of Sprawl-Busters, a noted anti-sprawl activism organization. He achieved national notice in 1993 during a protracted battle to prevent a Wal-Mart store from being opened in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Norman is the author of three books "The Case Against Wal-Mart"(2004) and "Slam-Dunking Wal-Mart!" (1999) about grassroots activism fighting retail development. His most recent book is "Occupy Walmart", published in May 2012 a collection of essays published on The Huffington Post. Norman has appeared on 60 Minutes, Nightline, The Osgood File, and in hundreds of local newspapers across the nation. "Forbes" magazine called Norman "Wal-Mart's

text: own money my brother Robert and I spent to make my film, I couldn't afford an agenda. "Why Wal-Mart Works" positive tone is solely a product of my experience making it. My brother and I made "Why Wal-Mart Works" with almost no cooperation from Walmart. I say 'almost' because Walmart—after several failed attempts—did finally allow me into their stores and to interview some of their associates. They had no editorial oversight and I solicited no input from them. They're not even going to sell my movie in their stores!" The documentary has been criticized for being biased and for its

title: Shoppers Drug Mart

text: Drug Stores based in western Canada. Also in 1995, Shoppers Drug Mart acquired 135 Big V Drugstores. In 1996, the first Shoppers Home Health Care store opened. When Koffler retired in 1986, he sold the chain to Imasco Limited. That same year, David Bloom, a former Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacist, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Bloom would lead the organization until retiring in 2001, having devoted a total of 35 years of service to the Company. During David Bloom's tenure, Shoppers doubled its number of stores, quadrupled its sales and increased profit ten-fold. David Bloom also launched

title: Uni-Mart

text: the company's management since September 2007. In December 2009, the company's remaining assets were sold to Kwik Pik LLC, an affiliate of Lehigh Gas Corporation. As of 2016, many stations still operate under the Uni-Mart name. Henry D. Sahakian started the company in 1972. He opened the first Uni-Mart in State College, Pennsylvania in 1981, having rebranded stores from the Ma-jik Market franchise he had owned since the early 1970s. Uni-Mart quickly developed into a successful convenience store brand and by December 1986, Uni-Mart became a public company on the American Stock Exchange. In September 1996, the company's 10,000 square

title: Shoppers Drug Mart

text: Shoppers Drug Mart introduced its first beautyBOUTIQUE, setting a new standard for the industry with its open-sell display and unbiased approach to customer service in prestige cosmetic retailing. Today, there are 364 beautyBOUTIQUES across the country. On April 26, 2007, the 1000th Shoppers Drug Mart store opened in Toronto, Ontario. In recent years, the chain has been moving to decrease its reliance on pharmaceutical sales and increase sales of what it calls "front of store" items, such as food and cosmetics. The store claims that in 2012, it increased its market share in food and that 51% of purchases now

title: Hypermarket

text: US discount store chains – Walmart, Kmart and Target – started developing hypermarkets. Wal-Mart (as it was known before its late-2000s rebranding as Walmart) introduced Hypermart USA in 1987, followed by Wal-Mart Supercenter in 1988; Kmart opened its first Super Kmart (originally called Kmart Super Center) in 1991; and Target came with the first Target Greatland stores in 1990, followed by the larger SuperTarget stores in 1995. Most Greatland stores have since been converted to SuperTarget stores, while some have been converted into regular Target stores with the exception of 2 entrances (one example of this is the Antioch, California

title: Valu-Mart

text: allowing the customer to drive up to the front of the store to pick them up by giving the attendant a plastic card with the numbered bin they used. The groceries were then loaded into the car usually by store employees. The stores were a direct competitor to another Seattle based membership chain founded by Joe Diamond called Gov-Mart/Baza'r. When Joe Diamond sold Gov-Mart/Baza'r to new owners that relocated the company to Portland, this was the start of Valu-Mart becoming more upscale shedding the discount store image while Gov-Mart/Baza'r continued as a full service discount store with both chains using

title: Casey's General Stores

text: a store from scratch in the even smaller town of Waukee, Iowa (population 1,500 at the time). The Waukee store proved to be the most successful of the three, so Lamberti decided to purchase and open more stores, concentrating on towns of less than 5,000 population (a variation on the tactic used in the early success of Wal-Mart). By the late 1970s (when Casey's opened its first warehouse) the chain had 118 stores, including the original store operated by Lamberti's parents which entered the Casey's fold in 1977. In 1982, Casey's opened its first Distribution Center in Urbandale, Iowa. Casey's

title: H Mart

text: and San Francisco weren't scheduled to open until months later and the next year, respectively. In subsequent years, following the success of their first Canadian store, the company opened three additional locations in Downtown Vancouver and Langley in 2006 and Richmond in 2012 and Port Coquitlam in 2016. In 2013, the company opened its first urban convenience format on Yonge Street and Churchill Avenue the in Toronto-suburb of Willowdale called "M2M–morning to midnight". The two-story, store is the first one in Canada. There are currently two other M2M stores in Manhattan. A larger H Mart opened on Yonge Street in

title: RT-Mart

text: RT-Mart RT-MART International Ltd. (Chinese: T: 大潤發流通事業股份有限公司, S: 大润发流通事业股份有限公司, P: "Dàrùnfā Liútōng Shìyè Gǔfènyǒuxiàngōngsī"), trading as RT-Mart (Chinese: T: 大潤發, S: 大润发, T: "Dàrùnfā") is a hypermarket chain in Taiwan. Its headquarters are in Neihu District, Taipei. The company opened its 23rd store in 2004. RT-Mart and Auchan made a joint venture, Sun Art Retail Group Ltd. In 2010, in terms of turnover, RT-Mart turned to be the first foreign-based hypermarket chain in mainland China compared to other hypermarkets like Walmart, Tesco, Carrefour. Sun Art Retail Group, a joint venture of Ruentex and Auchan, succeeded its IPO in Hong Kong

title: Uni-Mart

text: foot Uni-Mart Center opened in State College and was promoted as "America's Largest Convenience Store Under One Roof." In addition to being a convenience store and gasoline station, the mega-center included a Burger King, a Manhattan Bagel, a Fox's Pizza Den, a Mail Boxes Etc., and a bank. In July 2004, Uni-Mart reverted to private company status following the creation of Green Valley Acquisition Co. LLC. By 2008, Uni-Mart owned and operated 283 stores in Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio, but the number of privately owned franchise locations was not clear. In 2006, the company expanded into Ohio by acquiring

title: Lake St. Louis, Missouri

text: (74,000 m2) retail development situated on the south side of Lake St. Louis. The development was spurred by the new $26 million Hwy N overpass completed in October 2005, which eventually became part of the Page Avenue extension. The development was the largest retail project in St. Charles County at the time of its construction, and it opened in January 2006. The Hawk Ridge development is anchored by St. Charles County's first Wal-Mart Supercenter, Lowe's, and numerous smaller retailers and restaurants. The Wal-Mart Supercenter was the most expensive store the company ever built, according to developer Don LaBrayere. Building styles

title: Parkdale Plaza

text: became covered in graffiti and choked with overgrown grass. Parkdale Shopping Center was demolished in 2010. The City Council okayed tax incentives for the prospective redevelopment based on plans to build a new Wal-Mart Supercenter and create a shopping strip to lease out to retailers. These plans were delayed by a lawsuit brought by neighboring Sutherlands and protests over another proposed Wal-Mart store on the city's south side. Though scheduled for completion in 2010, the store was not completed until Fall 2011 and opened on October 26, 2011. Parkdale Plaza Parkdale Plaza was a shopping mall located in Corpus Christi,

title: Shoppers Drug Mart

text: and share in the profits. In 1968, Shoppers Drug Mart grew to 52 stores in Ontario by merging with 33 Plaza Drugstores. In 1971, Shoppers Drug Mart purchased 87 Cunningham Drug Stores in British Columbia and Alberta. The first Pharmaprix store opened in 1972 in Québec. In 1974, Lord’s Supervalue Pharmacies 26 stores in Atlantic Canada joined the Shoppers Drug Mart family. In 1986 Shoppers Drug Mart bought Super X Drugstores, an Ontario-area chain of 72 stores. In 1992, the company bought up the Western Canadian chain Pinder's Drugs, and followed this in 1995 with a chain of 24 Bi-Rite

title: Durant, Oklahoma

text: center in Durant that began operating in January 2004. Durant is home to the headquarters of First United Bank, one of the largest privately owned banks in the United States, and First Texoma National Bank. Indian Nation Wholesale, also headquartered in Durant, was the 15th largest wholesaler in the United States as of 2008. Wal-Mart opened a supercenter in Durant in 2003, replacing the older, smaller Wal-Mart that had operated since 1986. Smaller grocery stores in Durant include Green Spray, Save-A-Lot, and Pruett's Grocery Store. Durant is home to the annual Magnolia Festival and the Three Valley Museum. The festival

title: Grand Mart

text: in the Spanish language media as "Mercado Grande," and have signs in English, Spanish and Korean. Nevertheless, all Grand Mart supermarkets retain a strong Korean flavor, which include in-store Korean bakeries and video rental shops which rent out DVDs of television shows from South Korea. Grand Mart has stores in Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and Georgia, most of which are targeted primarily toward the Korean American community, which is concentrated heavily in Fairfax and Montgomery County. The newest store in the Washington area opened in Frederick in Frederick County in 2013. In mid-2008, Grand Mart closed its Security

title: Sikeston, Missouri

text: 1968, Sikeston became the location for the first Wal-Mart store built outside of Arkansas along with a store in Claremore, Oklahoma. The Sikeston Wal-Mart is known as Store #9 while the store in Claremore is known as Store #12. Sam Walton was known for visiting the Sikeston store several times a month by flying his airplane into the Sikeston Municipal Airport. In 1973, the first Drury Inn was built in Sikeston. A horse named Sikeston, owned by Luciano Gaucci, won the Gran Criterium in 1988, the Premio Parioli in 1989, the Premio Ribot in 1990, the Queen Anne Stakes and

title: Roses (store)

text: Roses (store) Roses Stores (originally known as Rose's 5¢ 10¢ 25¢ Stores) is a regional discount store in the United States with its headquarters in Henderson, North Carolina. The chain has stores in fifteen states, primarily in the South. Roses was purchased by Variety Wholesalers Inc. in 1997 and the company's Roses Division has approximately 175 stores which compete chiefly with Kmart and Wal-Mart. In 2010, the Roses Division began expanding beyond its original base of stores in the South, opening stores in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. Rose's Stores, Inc was founded in Henderson, North Carolina in 1915 by Paul

title: Simpsons (department store)

text: operations than to divide its customer base. Furthermore, the demise of Simpsons came at a time when the Hudson's Bay Company was seriously controlling its operating costs in preparation of an eventual entrance to Canada by American giant Wal-Mart which was already conquering the retail landscape in its country and attracting Canadians living close to the border. While the Simpsons chain ceased to exist in 1991, the Hudson's Bay Company continued to accept Simpsons credit cards in its Bay and Zellers stores until the company launched the HBC credit card in 2001. The Simpsons store on Queen Street West in

title: Walter Mart

text: Walter Mart Walter Mart is a Filipino chain of community shopping malls located in Metro Manila, Central and South Luzon. The chain operates its anchor stores such as the Walter Mart Supermarket, Walter Mart Cinemas, Abenson Appliances, Homeplus Furniture, Electroworld and SB Furnitures. Filipino retail stores such as Watsons, Ace Hardware, Robinson’s Department Store, and W Department Store are also occupying in most of their mall branches. The corporate headquarters are located in North EDSA, Quezon City. Walter Mart was founded in the 1990s by Wilson Lim, at the time of the economic crisis when the major players were not

title: Golden Triangle (Massachusetts)

text: second in the US and the first east of the Mississippi River. The mall drew many other retail construction projects to the area, the first of which was Sherwood Plaza built in 1959. In April 1960, when Sherwood Plaza opened for business, it contained and Elm Farm Food store, a W.T. Grant store and the third Zayre store in the Zayre chain as well as the only Zayre warehouse, and the Zayre main offices. Retail developments thereafter included Marshalls (1961, rebuilt as Bed, Bath and Beyond 1997), Caldor (1966, Rebuilt as Wal-Mart in 2002), Bradlees (1960s, rebuilt as Kohl's in

title: The Warehouse Group

text: Go-Lo, Crazy Clark's and Chickenfeed chains. There were 335 such stores at the time of sale. After the sale of the Australian operation, Warehouse stores were renamed Sam's Warehouse. In June 2006, "The Warehouse Extra" opened at Sylvia Park, Auckland. It was the first of a planned chain of hypermarkets, at 135,000 sq ft (12,500 sq m). In a similar fashion to the Wal-Mart Supercenters of the United States, the foodmarket department aisles are placed at a perpendicular angle to the general merchandise. It is the first store to feature an in-store bakery, pharmacy and café, and instead of the

title: Nebraska Furniture Mart

text: The store, called the "Nebraska Furniture Mart of Texas", opened in 2015. Presently, Nebraska Furniture Mart has four stores in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Texas. The Omaha, Nebraska store is over of retail space and is on of land. The store is located in a single collective campus on South 72nd street in West Omaha, Nebraska. In 1994, the store added a massive electronics and appliance store selling computers, software, music, movies and personal electronic items as well as TVs and appliances. The campus also includes Mrs. B's Clearance Center and Factory Outlet. Both the Omaha and Kansas City locations

title: E-mart

text: website, where products can be bought or viewed online. E-Mart is the first Korean retailer to advance into China with the aim to become one of top leading global retailers. In January 2011, there were 27 stores in China. By February 2014, China's store count shrunk to 13 stores. E-mart e-mart () is the largest retailer in South Korea. There were 160 stores across the country as of December 2016. It was founded on 12 November 1993 by Shinsegae as the first discount retailer in South Korea. E-Mart is the oldest and largest discount store chain in Korea with total

title: Discount store

text: disappeared, while the Dayton-Hudson Corporation eventually divested itself of its department store holdings and renamed itself Target Corporation). In the United States, discount stores had 42% of overall retail market share in 1987; in 2010, they had 87%. Many of the major discounters now operate "supercenters", which add a full-service grocery store to the traditional format. The Meijer chain in the Midwest consists entirely of supercenters, while Wal-Mart and Target have focused on the format as of the 1990s as a key to their continued growth. Although discount stores and department stores have different retailing goals and different markets, a

title: Wonderland Village

text: closed in 2004. After the mall was closed, plans were announced to demolish the entire structure and an adjacent former Kmart store (which also closed in 2003), and build a new shopping center anchored by a new Target store, as well as a Wal-Mart Supercenter. The Wal-Mart proposal was met with opposition by members of the community, who cited the nearby presence of another Wal-Mart store, while other residents simply did not want a 24-hour Supercenter in their neighborhood. Opponents of the mall's redevelopment held a civic meeting in late 2005, which was interrupted by pranksters shouting epithets, and other

title: John Geisse

text: the struggling Ayr-Way Stores in Indianapolis. After he turned around Ayr-Way Stores, he became a long time consultant to his friend Sam Walton and Wal-Mart Stores, Ames Department Stores, and others. In 1982, he founded his third chain, a warehouse club named The Wholesale Club, that inspired Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. to create its Sam's Club division in 1983. In 1991, he sold The Wholesale Club store chain to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., where it was merged with Sam's Club. He authored the "Better Quality Upscale Discount Store Concept in America" and was inducted into the "Discount Store News" Discount Hall of

title: Peavey Mart

text: LP opened a smaller version of Peavey Mart in Q4, 2012. This store does not offer a full line of products that you would find at Peavey Mart's, especially the products of the Agriculture department so the smaller concept stores were rebranded. Currently there are three MainStreet Hardware locations, in Blackfalds, Ponoka and Vermillion, AB. Peavey Mart Peavey Mart is a Canadian retailer with its headquarters in Red Deer, Alberta. Until July 2016, the parent company, Peavey Industries LP, owned and operated 34 Peavey Mart stores (and two smaller stores under another brand) in Western Canada, with a distribution centre

title: Kwik-E-Mart

text: into Kwik-E-Marts as part of a special promotion for "The Simpsons Movie". Also in 2007, gift shops modeled after the "Kwik-E-Marts" were opened in Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood, where they are a companion to "The Simpsons Ride". In August 2018, the world's first fully realized Kwik-E-Mart opened in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at Broadway at the Beach. The Aztec Theater with a new Simpsons in 4D opens later this year. SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment developed the attraction in collaboration with Gracie Films. In The Simpsons the Kwik-E-Mart is a convenience store that sells the usual fare at extraordinarily high

title: Valu-Mart

text: It is known to be one of the larger retail stores within the chain. Valu-Mart Valu-Mart was a chain of discount stores founded in Seattle in 1958. Its parent company was Weisfield's Jewelers. For many years Weisfield's was a store that carried jewelry, as well as televisions (many Seattle residents purchased their first television set from them), radios, stereos, and other consumer electronics products. Once Valu-Mart was put into place, Weisfield's strictly became a jewelry store. The chain also had stores in Oregon, where they originally were named Villa-Mart. Separate grocery sections in the stores featured curbside grocery (or parcel)

title: Valu-Mart

text: Valu-Mart Valu-Mart was a chain of discount stores founded in Seattle in 1958. Its parent company was Weisfield's Jewelers. For many years Weisfield's was a store that carried jewelry, as well as televisions (many Seattle residents purchased their first television set from them), radios, stereos, and other consumer electronics products. Once Valu-Mart was put into place, Weisfield's strictly became a jewelry store. The chain also had stores in Oregon, where they originally were named Villa-Mart. Separate grocery sections in the stores featured curbside grocery (or parcel) pickup by placing the grocery bags into numbered bins that rolled onto a conveyor

title: Galeries de la Capitale

text: de la Capitale opened a new section of the mall. The new section was added between the upper level McDonald's and the IMAX theatre. The new section included Best Buy's first Quebec City location, a Sports Experts store, and a new Toys "R" Us (the latter opening before the others on November 2010). Zellers (formerly (Woolco/Wal-Mart) closed its doors in February 2013 and was replaced by Target from 2013 until early 2015 when it ceased all retail operations across Canada. In 2017, Sears Canada announced they would be closing all their remaining stores. This includes the store at Galeries de

title: David's Supermarkets

text: for Brookshire Brothers, a grocery chain based in Lufkin, Texas, to acquire David's. In early April, the deal was completed. Ten of the David's locations, including a David's Express and the Pecan Foods store would have their names remain, while the other 15 will have the Brookshire Brothers name. In recent years, the business focus of David's has been the competition with large discount retailers, such as Wal-Mart stores. For the majority of David's Supermarket locations, a Wal-Mart store, with a discount grocery department, is within driving proximity. The discounting strategy at Wal-Mart stores remains the most significant challenge for

title: Hearne, Texas

text: manufacturing businesses came to Hearne by the 1960s. By 1990, over 5,000 people lived in Hearne; the population was 4,690 in 2000. On New Year's Eve 1990, the Wal-Mart in Hearne closed. After closure, the store was converted into the current Hearne High School. Merchants in downtown Hearne by that time had already folded their businesses because they were unable to compete with Wal-Mart. "The New York Times" reported that out of more than 1,500 Wal-Mart stores in the nation, the Hearne store was one of six that had closed. In November 2000, 15 African-American residents of Hearne, Texas, were

title: Valu-Mart

text: to the store, it became one of Fred Meyer's larger stores in terms of square feet (180,000 square feet). Former office space used by Valu-Mart/Leslie's to operate the company was remodeled and used as Fred Meyer's Northwest Regional Offices until the space was relocated to the Midway store after the early 21st century remodel. Fred Meyer's Credit Union was relocated to the second floor of the Midway store (where the former beauty salon operated) until being moved to another shopping center nearby. The Anchorage Valu-Mart was acquired by Fred Meyer as well and became their first store in the state.

title: LA Gear

text: decline. In 1995 Wal-Mart and L.A. Gear agreed to a three-year contract where the shoe company would design lower-valued and specific-to-store shoes for Wal-Mart. Since Wal-Mart was such a large retailer L.A. Gear felt they could not pass up an opportunity that lucrative (despite an apparent contradiction in strategy), but the venture failed as sales for L.A. Gear shoes at Wal-Mart had declined. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1998, in the process greatly reducing the lines of shoes it was selling. LA Gear has remained popular with 80s/90s fashion enthusiasts, and the general public, with fond memories

title: Shinsegae

text: supermarket in Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Shinsegae launched the Shinsegae Style Market, a smaller shopping mall mainly aimed at young customers, in 2010. Despite its name, the mall is managed by Shinsegae's subsidiary E-Mart. E-Mart (이마트) is a subsidiary of Shinsegae and a large discount store chain founded in South Korea, having stores in China and Korea. Domestically, E-Mart is the biggest discount store chain followed by Home Plus, and Lotte Mart. In late May 2006, Shinsegae revealed plans to buy all 16 of the Wal-Mart stores in Korea. All of the country's Wal-Mart outlets were re-branded as E-Mart on October

title: Department store

text: the country of shopping centres and supermarket chains like Continente, owned by Sonae, Intermarché and Pingo Doce, owned by Jerónimo Martins, which are more akin to the local taste. In Puerto Rico, various department stores have operated, such as Sears, JC Penney, Macy's, Kmart, Wal-Mart, Marshalls, Burlington Coat Factory, T.J. Maxx, Costco, Sam's Club and others. La New York was a Puerto Rican department store. Topeka, Capri and Pitusa are competitors on the Puerto Rican market that also have hypermarkets operating under their names. Retailers Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue also have plans to come to the Mall of San