What do these towns have in common: Albuquerque, Austin, Bentonville, Dayton, Denver, Omaha, Racine and Tacoma?
Full disclosure: I live in Bentonville but not originally from here and not a WMT employee.
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High-profile museums are popping up in far-flung places like Bilbao, Spain, and Bentonville, Ark.
There are 32 tidy RediClinics in middle-class neighborhoods around Houston, Austin, Richmond, Tulsa and Bentonville, Ark.
Last year, she opened Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in the town of Bentonville, Ark.
That proxy is distance, measured in miles from Bentonville, the company's place of origin.
Right now, no politician wants to be seen in bed with the Beast of Bentonville.
Some will be at its headquarters, based in Bentonville, Ark. or the company's distribution centers.
The greater a county's distance from Bentonville, the later Wal-Mart's arrival there, regardless of the county's retailing appeal.
This could mean Wal-Mart is a lousy training ground for retailers, that what works in Bentonville stays in Bentonville.
For more than a year two union-backed groups, WakeUpWalMart.com and Wal-Mart Watch, have run a campaign against the Bentonville giant.
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Already coming off a better-than-expected third quarter in which it grew earnings 8% from a year earlier, the Bentonville, Ark.
Her work now hangs in museums around the world, including Ms. Walton's Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark.
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And with more people ambling over from the toy department, the season could be a little bit jollier in Bentonville this year.
Outside the U.S. the Bentonville, Arkansas behemoth has achieved its greatest success in Mexico, the U.K. and elsewhere by buying big chains.
Well, in the 19 subsequent years since Walmart 1994, Bentonville took over the rest of the country and much of the world.
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The Bentonville, Arkansas, museum, which opened in November, has already become a major and controversial player in the acquisition of American art.
But the boys and girls from Bentonville are making steady progress into digital commerce, with a growing Web presence and an array of mobile apps.
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Merrill analyst Virginia Genereux cut her rating on the Bentonville, Ark.
Fortune magazine recently ran a story on the Bentonville, Ark.
Titled "The Real Walmart, " the multimillion-dollar campaign is an attempt to correct the misperceptions of people who "don't know the whole story" about the Bentonville, Ark.
The next day Wright and her business partner, JillSinger, took turns reading aloud from Made in America, Sam Walton's autobiography, during the five-hour drive to Bentonville, Ark.
Wal-Mart, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, on Nov. 15 said it started inquiries into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in India, Brazil and China.
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The world knows about tiny Bentonville, Ark. and mighty Wal-Mart.
"Given the on-going nature and complexity of the review, inquiries and investigations, we cannot reasonably estimate any loss or range of loss that may arise from these matters, " Bentonville, Ark.
Alice's Crystal Bridges art museum in Bentonville under construction.
With brother James started general-store chain in Bentonville, Ark.
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