June 21, 2007

Walmart Inc. is the world’s most profitable retail outlet and the largest employer in the United States. On July 2, 1962, the retail giant’s founder, Sam Walton, opened his first Wal-Mart in the northwest Arkansas town of Rogers (Benton County). Shown in this photograph are many of those citizens who lined up outside the store on opening day, hoping to be one of the first to get a look at this new innovative shopping experience.