World's largest
retailer benefited as cash-strapped
shoppers looked to discount merchandise
at start of economic slump. Boost
may have waned; recently reported
1.6% decline in same-store sales
in its U.S. Walmart and Sam's Club
stores, warned of soft sales in
current quarter. Still, shares up
7% in past 12 months and family
fortune rose a combined $13 billion,
largely recovering losses from market
crash. Alice funded $100 million
airport in Bentonville 1990; building
Crystal Bridges Museum of American
Art.
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