Sam Walton

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been as successful if his devoted wife had not been there along his side. Always there for him, Mrs. Walton was able to keep the entire family together during the hard and difficult times. While Sam was out doing the dirty work trying to make something of his business, Mrs. Walton was playing the role of mother and father back at home. had to create and develop his business in a very difficult environment. Competition was all around, and most people saw Walton’s store as a dead-end flop when it first began. Before the founding of Wal-mart, all of the businesses were the same, trying to set prices in hopes of large gains from not so large quantities. Walton saw what was going on and took advantage of what he saw. Thinking in terms of volume, Walton even went so far as to go straight to the wholesalers at early hours of the morning in order to get the product at its cheapest price. No one would have thought that Walton would have become successful through his unseen techniques at ...

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