Word: walmart
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...inserted into a bare studio. Some of the stars are content to glide on their images: Makarova as a buck 'n' wing ballerina, Marcel Marceau as the eternal mime, and Joan Rivers in one of those flouncy $2,0000 haute couture gowns that on her becomes transformed into WalMart weekend specials...
...Give me a W!" shouts Sam Walton, 65, the chairman of Wal-Mart Stores, to employees at staff meetings. "Give me an A!" And so forth, down to the last T. Then he gives a final ringing cheer: "WalMart, we're No. 1!" Walton has plenty of reasons to shout. In April, sales at his 570 outlets were up 32% from the previous year. By comparison, Sears' revenues increased just 7.7%, K mart's by 5.5%, and J.C. Penney's were down...