When we argue about the marketplace, then amazon and Walmart come to mind. Walmart is the second biggest marketplace in the United States. In the previous few years, the growth of this marketplace has become extremely high.
In this article, we will talk about Walmart from the very start. We will talk about how this company became so popular and gained attraction worldwide.
A short History of Walmart
Sam Walton was the first man who found this company in 1962. This company was first time introduced in Rogers city.
In the very first stages of Walmart, this company sold products a very discountable prices which become the cause of its fame and this company increased its growth up to 45%. This increase was a tremendous increase in a very short time. After 5th year of opening the mart, it increased its sales from 105k US dollars to 250k US dollars.
In 1970 this company changed its name from Walmart Inc. to Wal-Mart stores Inc. at this stage this company was in the position to run up to 38 stores with 1500 employees. Similarly, the sale of Walmart reached $44.2 million. Soon this company registered its name on the New York stoke exchange.
It was the 1987s when the sales of Walmart reached to $15.9 billion and more than 1100 Walmart stores.
The current situation of Walmart is even greater and nowadays, Walmart works as a multinational company and world’s largest company by revenue. If we look at the location of Walmart stores around the globe, we will observe it in Central America, Chile, Mexico, Canada, Africa, China, India, etc.
Among all of them, Walmart has 5266 active stores and more than 8 lakh workers in 23 countries. Similarly worldwide, this company has more than 2 million employees. This company is also considered one of the largest private employer-holder countries in the United States and Mexico.
Stores that are reachable from anywhere
This is the beauty of online stores that you can shop online from every corner of the world. Just by using a device (smartphone or PC), you can add different products to your card. Walmart has a goal to provide items with a reliable price to help people in saving money and live better.
They don’t just provide online services but they have physical stores in several countries and you can visit and shop there.
Types of Walmart stores in the US
There are three different kinds of Walmart stores which are listed below.
Walmart supercenter is the largest in all of them, where you can find all kinds of items from groceries to the bakery and from toys to other electronics needs. The service time or the Walmart hours of Walmart supercenter is 24-hour services.
With other basic shopping options, Walmart supercenter provides the facilities of banks, restaurants, saloons etc.
Walmart is from the very beginning in the favor of discountable prices. That’s the reason that Walmart built special Walmart discount stores where customers can find things at very affordable rates. Walmart discount stores are small in area than supercenters and can easily be available in different states of the United States. This store also provides electronic gadgets, health and beauty aids, and other home furnishings.
- Walmart Neighborhood Market
This is the store of fresh produce, pharmacy, household supplies, bakery, deli, etc. as compared to supercenters and discount stores neighborhood market is smaller in the area but available in different locations and easily reachable across the United States.
What you can find at Walmart?
Walmart is a store where you can find almost all household needs. These includes
Clothes: You can easily search for all the new arrivals in fashion with captivating sales. The clothes available in Walmart stores are also for men, women, and kids. You can find the clothes according to the weather conditions.
Shoes: Similarly, this store provides all kinds of trending and new design shoes for men, women, and kids. Choose a color that makes you happy.
In accessories, you can find rings, necklaces, earrings, bracelets, jewelry, and all other related items.
Gifts: Walmart always keeps it easy for parents to provide gifts to their children. This is not just for the parents but friends can also take advantage of Walmart gifts sections. In the section of gifts Walmart offers stocking stuffers, toys and games, tach and games, fashion picks etc.
In the gift section, you can find different offers like they have offered under 25 dollars where you can find gift items that lie in the range of 25 dollars.
Health and wellness: all the basic health medicine, pain relief, weight loss, vitamins, first aid, covid test kits, vaccine, and other wellness picks.
Walmart career
Nowadays working at Walmart is a big opportunity for secure careers. As Walmart make the employees happy and give them high wages. Mostly Walmart hires employees through hourly pay Walmart hours.
In the estimate of average hourly wages, Walmart gives more than $15 per hour. And you can see the higher payment of Walmart hours.
In the previous covid epidemic where thousands of people lose their jobs, Walmart provide and hired more than 500,000 new employees globally.
Walmart delivery services
As we discussed above Walmart has hundreds of stores around the globe. Still, if you can’t reach the physical store you can take advantage of online delivery. Online delivery is pretty easy just select the item on the official website of Walmart and add it to the card. For fast delivery, you can use the Walmart app.
Walmart has a return policy in case you don’t like the delivered item through online delivery. The return policy varies from item to item. In the case of clothes, shoes, and jewelry you have 90 days time period in which you can exchange or even return the item without extra charges.
There are some other products whose timeline of return is less. Some have 14 and other have 30 returning days. Prepaid Wireless phones can be returned under 14 days. Similarly, most electronic items have a return timeline of 1 month (30 days).
