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Sam's Club'''Sam's Club''' is a membership-only warehouse club owned and operated by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.. The first Sam's Club opened in April 1983 in Midwest City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma in the United States. The business is named after the founder of Wal-Mart, Sam Walton. Sam's Club's focus is on serving small business customers. Their slogan is "We're in business for small business." To purchase items from Sam's one must purchase a membership or, on some special occasions, non-members can make purchases that are subject to a 10% additional fee. Like other warehouse clubs, most merchandise sold at Sam's is sold in bulk and directly off of pallets. Clubs are arranged much like a warehouse, with merchandise stocked in warehouse-style steel bins. There are currently 551 Sam's Clubs in the United States. Each club averages 128,000 square feet (12,000 m²). The Sam's Club division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. had total sales revenue of United States dollar37.1 billion for fiscal year ending January 31 2005. There are also clubs operated internationally under the International Division of Wal-Mart Stores in Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. In 1993, Wal-Mart acquired Pace Warehouse Clubs and converted them into Sam's. Their current primary competitor is Costco. Sam's Club markets items under the private labels Member's Mark, Bakers & Chefs, and Sam's Club. [[Image:Sam's Club.jpg|thumb|500px|A Sam's Club looks much like a warehouse on the outside, as it does on the inside, which is typical for warehouse clubs.]] ==External links== * [http://www.samsclub.com Sam's Club official website] Wal-Mart Sam's ClubI noticed when you search for SAM'S CLUB that nothing is found. The proper typesetting/spelling/whatever you want to call it is for SAM'S CLUB to be in all capital letters. : See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks) – 05:35, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC) The text doesn't wrap around the images properly, but I don't know how to format it. --User:Cactuar12 13:10, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC) See other meanings of words starting from letter: SSB | SC | SD | SE | SF | SG | SH | SI | SJ | SK | SL | SM | SN | SO | SP | SR | SS | ST | SU | SW | SX | SY | SZ |Words begining with Sam\'s_Club: Sam's_Club Sam's_Club |
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