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Walmart 2012 Annual Report 1 Walmart 2012 Annual Report 1
50 years of helping customers
save money and live better
1990s
1991: Through a joint venture
with Cifra, Walmart expands
internationally, opening a Sam’s
Club in Mexico City.
1992: While receiving the Medal
of Freedom, Sam Walton articulates
the company mission of saving
people money so they can live
better, shortly before passing
away at 74.
Rob Walton becomes chairman
of the board.
1993: Walmart celebrates its first
$1 billion sales week.
1994: Walmart expands into
Canada with the purchase of
122 Woolco stores.
1996: Walmart opens its first
stores in China.
1999: Walmart enters the United
Kingdom with the acquisition
of ASDA.
2009: Walmart enters Chile with
the acquisition of a majority stake in
D&S S.A.
Mike Duke succeeds Lee Scott as CEO.
For the first time, Walmart exceeds
$400 billion in sales.
2010: Walmart commits $2 billion to
help end hunger in the United States
and launches a global commitment
to sustainable agriculture.
Bharti Walmart, a joint venture, opens
its first store in India.
2011: With the acquisition of MassMart,
Walmart surpasses 10,000 retail units
around the world.
2012: Walmart celebrates 50 years of
helping customers save money and
live better.
2000s
2000: H. Lee Scott, Jr. succeeds
David Glass as CEO.
2002: For the first time, Walmart
tops the Fortune 500 ranking of
America’s largest companies.
Walmart enters the Japanese market
through its investment in Seiyu.
2005: Walmart takes a leading
role in disaster relief, contributing
$18 million and 2,450 truckloads of
supplies to victims of hurricanes
Katrina and Rita.
Walmart intensifies its sustainability
commitment, announcing goals to
create zero waste, use only sustain-
able energy and sell products that
sustain the environment.
2006: Walmart U.S. introduces its $4
generic drug prescription program.
Walmart 2012 Annual Report 1