With nearly 2,500 stores spread across the land, Wal-Mart has become an instantly recognizable and ubiquitous component of American popular culture. There are few places in this country anymore that are beyond a short drive to a Wal-Mart. With upwards...

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large, discount department stores. It is the world's largest public corporation by revenue, according to the 2007 Fortune Global 500.[3] It was founded by Sam...

Behind Jim Robertson in the picturesque Woods Edge neighborhood, the "FOR SALE IF WAL-MART COMES" signs are gone. But while the most visible resistance to the largest U.S. retailer's plans in Manor Township have disappeared, opposition to Wal-Mart's proposed South Centerville Road supercenter is...

Wal-Mart's California expansion plans were set back when Inglewood voters rejected a proposal to waive formal zoning and allow construction of a superstore the size of 17 football fields. The retailer spent more than $1 million but garnered less than 40 percent of the...

Wal-Mart made its annual bonus for store employees public for the first time in two decades Thursday, saying that about 80 percent of hourly workers in its stores would split more than a half-billion dollars.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is the target of union-backed critics who decry...

The booster shot that Wal-Mart gave to its company-arranged health insurance has increased enrollment only slightly, with fewer than half of the retailer's eligible employees signing up for plans tweaked twice in the past 16 months.Figures released by the world's largest retailer Thursday showed that...

Explains how big box retail stores work. Focuses on Walmart and Target. Describes the differences between the two companies and how they compete.

Examines the state of Walmart and its effect on the economy. Describes Walmart as a non-union employer, paying lower wages to their employees than other retail and grocery stores.

Wal-mart, the world's largest company, prides itself with a bright yellow smiley face leading millions of America's hard working consumers to a place of low price merchandise.