Friday, July 18, 2008

Graphing Wal-Mart's progress


Here is a very disturbing timeline of Wal-Mart's spread across America since its opening of a single Arkansas store in 1962.

It really takes off in the late '80s, invading nearly every state by 1990.

It spreads just like a virus...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

hahaha it looks like they haven't cornered the desert market yet out west, I bet they are working on it though!

Anonymous said...

hello, this is Jamie again. i am writing from the UK and i just wanted to inform you that walmart also owns a large chain of stores over here called ASDA. sam walton rest in peace.

cheers mate