Sam's Club is a chain of membership-only retail warehouse clubs. Founded in 1983, it is owned and operated by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and is named after Walmart founder Sam Walton. As of 2008, the Sam's Club chain operates in 48 of the 50 U.S. States, and serves more than 47 million U.S. members. Sam's Club ranks second in sales volume among warehouse clubs behind Costco Wholesale, despite the fact that Sam's has more retail locations.
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Sam's Club is a chain of membership-only retail warehouse clubs. Founded in 1983, it is owned and operated by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and is named after Walmart founder Sam Walton. As of 2008, the Sam's Club chain operates in 48 of the 50 U.S. States, and serves more than 47 million U.S. members. Sam's Club ranks second in sales volume among warehouse clubs behind Costco Wholesale, despite the fact that Sam's has more retail locations.
As of January 2008, Sam's Club operated 713 membership warehouse clubs in 48 U.S. states (Oregon and Vermont are the only states without a Sam’s Club), as well as four other territories. Locations typically range in size from 70,000–190,000 sq ft (6,500–18,000 m), with an average club size of approximately 132,000 sq ft (12,300 m).
The first Sam's Club opened on April 7, 1983 in Midwest City, Oklahoma in the United States.
In 1989, Sam's entered New Jersey with a store in Delran in a former Two Guys/Jefferson Ward/Bradlees store. This was Walmart's first...
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