query: when did the first walmart open in illinois

pos: History of Walmart were 125 stores with 7,500 associates, and total sales of $340.3 million. By 1977, Wal-Mart expanded into Illinois and made its first corporate acquisition, assuming ownership and operation of the Mohr-Value stores, which operated in Missouri and Illinois. This was followed by the acquisition of the Hutcheson Shoe Company in 1978. In the same year Walmart also branched out into several new markets, launching its pharmacy, auto service center, and jewelry divisions. In 1981, Wal-Mart expanded into the southeastern US market, opening stores in Georgia and South Carolina, and acquiring 92 Kuhn's Big K stores. They expanded into Florida and

neg: Walmart Canada Riocan and First Capital Realty. Walmart Canada was established in 1994 through the acquisition by Walmart of 122 Canadian leases of Woolco, a troubled subsidiary of Woolworth Canada. The same year, these Woolco stores were renovated and converted into the Walmart banner. Wal-Mart did not acquire 22 other Woolco stores that were either unionized or had downtown locations. Some former Woolco stores were sold and re-opened as Zellers stores. All 16,000 former employees of the Woolco stores that Walmart acquired were retained, retrained, and given a five percent raise. Mario Pilozzi, a senior vice-president at Woolco when the deal was

neg: Schnucks company. In 2007, Schnucks decided to better compete with Walmart, beginning a campaign called "Recipe for Success". Schnucks also began a program where it lowered prices on 10,000 items to be more competitive with Walmart. Schnucks leadership led the plan, which included making their employees knowledgeable on the food they sold. The first Schnucks Pharmacy was opened in March 1970. As of 2012, there are 95 in-store pharmacies across Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa. The quality of the healthcare provided by Schnucks Pharmacy was recognized when it was named "Pharmacy Chain of the Year 2008" by Drug Topics Newsmagazine.

neg: Holiday Layaway Donations at two Walmart stores in Georgia. Jimmy John Liautaud, owner of the sandwich chain “Jimmy John’s” donated more than $81,000 to Walmart shoppers in Illinois. Singer and songwriter Kid Rock donated $81,000 to a Walmart in Tennessee. Holiday Layaway Donations Holiday Layaway Donations are when a benefactor pays for another person's layaway purchases, so the layaway participant receives their purchases for free. Layaway donations are common during the Christmas shopping season and are sometimes given anonymously. The popularity of holiday layaway donations has been growing since 2011. Layaway donations have been donated by well-know people such as Tim Tebow, Marcus

neg: Criticism of Walmart conversations showing that executives knew some workers did not have the correct documentation. The October 2003 raid was not the first time Walmart was found using unauthorized workers. Earlier raids in 1998 and 2001 resulted in the arrests of 100 workers without documentation located at Walmart stores around the country. In November 2005, 125 alleged undocumented workers were arrested while working on construction of a new Walmart distribution center in eastern Pennsylvania. According to Walmart, the workers were employees of Walmart's construction subcontractor. On January 13, 2011, four employees at a Walmart in Layton, Utah were confronted by a shoplifter

neg: Criticism of Walmart to a social audit into alleged labor rights violations in Walmart operations in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Although Walmart did not respond to questions from the fund's auditors, it later said the decision "[does not] appear to be based on complete information". On November 24, 2012 a fire in a Bangladesh clothing factory resulted in the death of 112 workers. Survivors said that fire extinguishers did not work, an exit door was locked, and that when the fire alarm went off, bosses told workers to return to their sewing machines. Victims were trapped or jumped

neg: Walmart brands), "price-sensitive affluents" (wealthier shoppers who love deals), and "value-price shoppers" (people who like low prices and cannot afford much more). Walmart has also made steps to appeal to more [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] customers, for example, by rejecting the [[American Family Association]]'s recommendations and carrying the DVD "[[Brokeback Mountain]]", a love story between two gay cowboys in Wyoming. Many Walmart technology projects are coded in the open and available through the Walmart Labs [[GitHub]] repository as [[open-source software]] under the [[Open Source Initiative|OSI approved]] [[Apache License|Apache V2.0 license]]. 141 public Github projects are listed. During a migration

neg: True North Venture Partners he started with John T. Walton, son of Walmart founder Sam Walton, in 1996. JWMA Partners was one of the largest holders of First Solar stock, and Walmart invested $25 million in First Solar in 2008. True North Venture Partners True North Venture Partners is an American venture capital firm, based in Chicago, Illinois and Phoenix, Arizona. The founder, managing partner and chairman is Michael J. Ahearn, who is also the co-founder and chairman of First Solar. True North was founded in 2011 with $300 million. The firm's focus is mostly on early stage companies, with investments ranging from $100,000

neg: Hypermart USA Supercenter operations or closing them. The Hypermart USA concept was officially discontinued in 2000, when Walmart announced it was converting the Kansas City Hypermart USA into a Walmart Supercenter. The former Kansas City store, then a Supercenter, ultimately closed in January 2007. The original Hypermart in Garland, Texas closed in May 2008. The Topeka, Kansas, hypermarket, located on Southwest Wanamaker Road, is still open, although its exterior has been remodeled as well as the Arlington, Texas, location on South Cooper Street. Garland, Texas (December 28, 1987) This location was converted several years later to a Walmart supercenter and lost its

neg: Edison, New Jersey access to commuter transit. This strategy is meant to encourage "Smart Growth." Politics in Edison since the 2005 mayoral election have been polarized by an attempt by retail giant Walmart to open a store in central Edison near the junction of Interstate 287 and New Jersey Route 27. Even though Jun Choi stated in his Mayoral Campaign that he would stop Walmart from being built, Walmart filed suit and won, and Choi was there to cut the yellow ribbon when the store was opened. The town is served by the full-time Edison Division of Police, led by Chief Thomas Bryan

neg: Criticism of Walmart a petition challenging the development. In 2016, Stern won a judgment against the City of Miami in a public records lawsuit related to Walmart's plan to build in Midtown Miami. That case proved Stern's claims that Walmart did not hold good title to all the land upon which they obtained a permit to build from the City. As a result, the City of Miami froze their permit and eventually, construction of the Walmart was involuntarily halted when the City revoked their foundation permit on June 21, 2016 and construction ceased at the site within the week, which is how Walmart's

neg: Criticism of Walmart you." An April 3, 2013 "The New York Times" article cites "Supermarket News" that Walmart's grocery prices are usually about 15 percent cheaper than competitors. At the start of 2007, the company had an average of 338 employees for each Walmart and Sam's Club store in the United States, and by April 2013, this had reduced to an average of 281 employees per store. Terrie Ellerbee, associate editor of grocery publication "The Shelby Report", traced the problem to 2010 when Walmart reduced the number of different merchandise items carried in an attempt to make stores less cluttered. Customers did not

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Brooke Pancake season at Alabama, Pancake turned pro in June 2012. She made her professional debut at the 2012 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship where she finished tied at 105th. In June 2013, Pancake had her best finish as a professional at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship when she came in tied at 13th. She is sponsored by Waffle House. "Results not in chronological order before 2015." ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013. DNP = did not play
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neg: Mason Ramsey Mason Ramsey Mason Ramsey (born November 16, 2006) is an American singer. After gaining Internet fame from a viral video of him yodeling Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" in a Walmart, Ramsey was signed to Big Loud Records in 2018. He has charted with his debut single "Famous". In March 2018, 11-year-old Mason Ramsey, from Golconda, Illinois, was caught on camera singing "Lovesick Blues" in a Walmart store in Harrisburg, Illinois. Within a few days videos of his performance collectively garnered over 25 million views and he became a viral sensation and internet meme. Ramsey's performance sparked new interest in Hank

neg: Criticism of Walmart page that depicts each US Supreme Court judge nude. A week later, it returned copies of comedian George Carlin's "When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?", with a cover recreating The Last Supper with Jesus' seat empty and Carlin seated next to it. The company said that the copies were shipped to it by mistake and a Walmart spokeswoman said she did not "believe this particular product would appeal" to its customer base. In January 2006, Walmart was criticized for the recommendation system on its website which suggested that some black-related DVDs, such as "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" and documentaries on

neg: Doug McMillon percent of total sales companywide. When McMillon first became head of the division, it comprised more than 3,300 stores in 14 countries. When Walmart announced it would move him to head Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in late 2013, Walmart International operated 6,300 stores in 26 countries. Walmart announced on November 25, 2013, that McMillon would immediately join the company's board of directors, and would replace Mike Duke as Walmart CEO effective on February 1, 2014, becoming the company's fifth chief executive. McMillon took over the company at a time of slowing growth and increased competition from rivals, such as Costco, Amazon.com,

neg: Sandy's first restaurant in Urbana, Illinois, only the third McDonald’s restaurant to open outside California. The Urbana store proved popular with students, professionals, and young families at the University of Illinois. It did so well that the group decided to open additional stores in Decatur, and Peoria, Illinois. However, Ray Kroc notified them that Peoria and Decatur were not included in the central Illinois territory, and furthermore that changes to the terms of the franchise meant they would owe a higher percentage of their profits to McDonald's. Having invested heavily in the Peoria location, including erecting the building, Lundberg and his

neg: Carmike Cinemas Walmart to start the Hollywood Connection, starting with a location in Columbus, Georgia. Amenities include a modern multiplex or megaplex movie theater with 5-15 screens, indoor miniature golf, a roller skating rink, a laser tag arena, and a video game arcade. At the time, Carmike was wanting this field to be extremely profitable. While the Columbus, Georgia location is still open, other locations in West Valley City, Utah (a suburb of Salt Lake City), DeKalb, Illinois, Valparaiso, Indiana (a suburb of Chicago), and Goshen, Indiana have closed. Carmike filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in August 2000 after failing to

neg: Brothers (The Black Keys album) tracks on "Brothers" in their 10 days at the studio. Due to the long hours working in the studio, Neill, Auerbach, and Carney generally only had time to kill at night when fewer retailers are open. Furthermore, Sheffield was remote and isolated; Neill said, "What they were complaining about is that at night, after we were done, they wanted to go swarm around and do something. There's nothing. I told them that before we went out. Unless you want to go see a movie or something, or go to Walmart and stand around under the fluorescent lights. So what did

neg: Sarah Frey Frey's business negotiations with Walmart have been featured in a Harvard Business School study. Sarah Frey Sarah Frey is an American farmer and business owner. She owns Frey Farms, the largest grower of pumpkins in the United States, and produces Tsamma juice, a bottled watermelon juice. Frey grew up on her family farm in Keenes, Illinois, the youngest of five children and the only daughter. The family was poor and survived mostly on food grown or reared on the farm. She says that her first sale of melons took place when she was eight. In her youth, she wanted to

neg: Hypermart USA well as planned. Walmart was unaccustomed to operating such massive stores, and an economic recession had brought on a decline in retail sales. Although the stores were profitable, sales projections were too optimistic and the company did not anticipate the great heating and cooling costs, the resistance of customers towards parking and congestion issues. The first Walmart Supercenter, which used a floorplan in the range, was opened in 1988 in Washington, Missouri. As the Supercenter proved to be a much more profitable experiment, Walmart renamed the stores "Wal-Mart's Hypermart USA" in April 1990, and eventually began either converting them to

neg: Doug McMillon Vietnam. His parents moved the family to Bentonville, Arkansas, the home of Walmart headquarters, when McMillon was 16. A sports enthusiast, McMillon played point guard on the Bentonville High School basketball team. McMillon has worked for Walmart throughout his career. He took on his first role with the company as a teenager in 1984. He later became a buyer, then moved into management roles before becoming CEO in 2014. When he was a teenager, McMillon began his first job with Walmart as a summer associate. He worked during the summer unloading trucks in a distribution center. After high school, McMillon

neg: The Wal-Mart Effect to 1990, when journalist Julie Morris used it in a "USA Today" story. Following the publication of "The Wal-Mart Effect", Walmart commissioned its own study of the phenomenon from Global Insight, a research and consulting company. "The Wal-Mart Effect" was among several books documenting and analyzing the economic effects of Walmart on local economies: others have included "The Local Economic Impact of Walmart" by economist Michael J. Hicks, and "Walmart: The Face Of Twenty-First-Century Capitalism" by American labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein. Since the release of "The Wal-Mart Effect", journalists, economists and others have documented additional Walmart effects. In 2013, the

neg: Tom Coughlin (Walmart executive) subject of a United States Department of Justice investigation, as well as a lawsuit by Walmart, and was reviewed by a federal grand jury over misuse of company gift cards. When the charges first surfaced in April 2005, Coughlin claimed the money he embezzled was being used to pay bribes to trade union officials not to organize at Walmart locations and to identify pro-union Walmart workers. He pleaded guilty to five counts of wire fraud and one count of filing a false tax return related to embezzlement and theft from Walmart while serving as a member of its board. U.S.

neg: Criticism of Walmart also been criticized for using sweatshops and prison labor. In 1995, Chinese dissident Harry Wu charged that Walmart was contracting prison labor in Guangdong Province. Walmart said it did not use prison labor. There have also been reports of teenagers in Bangladesh working in sweatshops 80 hours per week at $0.14 per hour, for Walmart supplier Beximco. The documentary film "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" shows images of Walmart goods-producing factories in poor condition, and factory workers subject to abuse and conditions that the documentary producers considered inhumane. Walmart currently uses monitoring which critics say is inadequate and

neg: Criticism of Walmart the First Amendment that is politically nonpartisan" and that Walmart is within its legal rights to sell the T-shirt, "that doesn't mean it is the right thing to do." A Walmart spokesperson said the shirt "clearly violates our policy." Until the mid-1990s, Walmart took out corporate-owned life insurance policies on its employees including "low-level" employees such as janitors, cashiers, and stockers. This type of insurance is usually purchased to cover a company against financial loss when a high-ranking employee (i.e. management) dies, and is usually known as "Key Man Insurance". Critics derided Walmart as buying what they called "Dead Peasants

neg: Criticism of Walmart lot with more street liner retail spaces instead of a totally blank wall perimeter. The original 2013 plan included 550 parking spaces on two levels above the store. Walmart did to build urban locations in Santurce, (downtown) San Juan, Puerto Rico, known as "Plaza 18", as well as Washington, D.C. where the city's first Walmart is a true mixed-use development, with third party retail as well as 300 apartments above the store. Walmart's plan in Midtown Miami was not an urban store, but rather a suburban-style Super Center with parking in two floors above the ground level, instead of in

neg: Walmart It continued to open new Express stores under the Neighborhood Market name. there were 100 small-format stores in the United States. These include Amigo (12 locations), E-Commerce Acquisition / C-stores (68 locations), and other store formats (20 locations). On January 15, 2016, Walmart announced that it will be closing 269 stores globally, including all 102 U.S. Walmart Express stores, including those branded as Neighborhood Markets. In September 2006, Walmart announced a pilot program to sell generic drugs at $4per prescription. The program was launched at stores in the Tampa, Florida, area, and by January 2007 had been expanded to all

neg: Black Friday (shopping) For many years, it was common for retailers to open at 6:00 a.m., but in the late 2000s many had crept to 5:00 or 4:00. This was taken to a new extreme in 2011, when several retailers (including Target, Kohl's, Macy's, Best Buy, and Bealls) opened at midnight for the first time. In 2012, Walmart and several other retailers announced that they would open most of their stores at 8:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, prompting calls for a walkout among some workers. In 2014, stores such as JCPenney, Best Buy, and Radio Shack opened at 5:00 PM on Thanksgiving Day

neg: Thornton shooting three people inside Walmart. Adams County District Attorney Dave Young said the additional potential charges are being considered because numerous people were also inside Walmart when Ostrem was shooting inside the store on November 1, 2017. Young did not comment when questioned by reporters regarding a motive for the incident and whether authorities were contemplated hate crime charges, as the three individuals killed were Latino, while Ostrem is white. The courtroom reached its 90-person capacity. At least three people at the court hearing were family members. They declined to talk to reporters following the hearing. Ostrem was charged with murder

neg: Grapette in the tens of millions in countries in South America and the Pacific Rim. Rice had profited by becoming an early investor in a business called Walmart, founded by Sam Walton. Over time, as Walmart grew into a household name, Rice began thinking of ways to partner with Walmart. In 1986, Rice was able to meet with Sam Walton, in order to discuss creating a line of private label soft drinks for Walmart. He was specifically interested in making a grape soda for Walmart. Walton did not waste words in telling Rice what he wanted: "I want Grapette in my

neg: Criticism of Walmart land was being excavated (after the hospital complex was torn down) in order to create a plateau for the store to be built upon, a landslide occurred covering Pennsylvania Route 65 and the Fort Wayne Line railroad tracks between PA 65 and the Ohio River. Both routes were shut down for weeks. While Walmart did "stabilize" the landslide, many residents said that Walmart merely stabilized the hillside so that it could continue with work to build the store. Ultimately, in 2007 Walmart decided against developing the site, allowing the land to return to nature, with a Walmart location to be

neg: History of Walmart History of Walmart The history of Walmart, an American discount department store chain, began in 1950 when businessman Sam Walton purchased a store from Luther E. Harrison in Bentonville, Arkansas, and opened Walton's 5 & 10. The Walmart chain proper was founded in 1962 with a single store in Rogers, expanding outside Arkansas by 1968 and throughout the rest of the Southern United States by the 1980s, ultimately operating a store in every state of the United States, plus its first stores in Canada, by 1995. The expansion was largely fueled by new store construction, although the chains Mohr-Value and

neg: Crossgates Commons the shopping center first opened in 1994, it had six original tenants: Walmart (then branded as Wal-Mart), Sam's Club, Home Depot, Media Play, Old Navy, and MJ Designs. The Walmart located at Crossgates Commons became the largest Walmart in the United States (and the largest outside of China) in 2008, when it expanded into a Walmart Supercenter, now occupying over two floors. Crossgates Commons Crossgates Commons is a large shopping plaza in Albany, New York. It is owned by The Pyramid Company. Crossgates Commons is located on Washington Avenue Extension and is roughly across the street from Crossgates Mall, which

neg: Walmart Canada from Target, originally one of the 189 leaseholds purchased from Hudson's Bay Company and slated for conversion to Target Canada stores. Walmart Canada managed to convert and reopen some of the former Zellers stores before Target Canada's launch. Unlike Walmart's 1994 move into Canada, Walmart Canada this time did not guarantee the jobs of the employees whose stores it was acquiring. Walmart Canada launched the "Urban 90" format in 2012, a set of smaller Supercentres averaging . On May 8, 2015, following the bankruptcy of Target Canada, Walmart Canada announced its intent to acquire thirteen former Target locations, along with

neg: Criticism of Walmart year. Walmart has also faced criticism for being anti-union, but it has claimed that it is rather pro-associate, whereby employees can lodge their grievances with the company through their open door policy. Walmart reports that in 2006 its workers earned an average of $10.11 per hour. Human Rights Watch estimates that this is below the average of $10.24 earned by workers at discount department stores, $10.55 at warehouse clubs and supercenters, and $11.12 at grocery stores. Walmart managers are judged, in part, based on their ability to control payroll costs. The Wall Street Journal says this puts extra pressure on

neg: Criticism of Walmart known to be dangerous if the items are simply worn, but concerns come when a child bites or sucks on the jewelry, as children are apt to do. Walmart said that while the jewelry is not intended for children, "it is possible that a few younger consumers may seek it out in stores. We are removing all of the jewelry from sale while we investigate its compliance with our children's jewelry standard," Walmart said. Walmart has faced issues with its employees involving low wages, poor working conditions and inadequate health care. Approximately 70% of its employees leave within the first

neg: Criticism of Walmart Walmart stores have no AEDs. For example, in May 2018 in Alberta, Canada, a woman shopping with her adult daughters had a heart attack at a Walmart store. The 911 operator instructed one daughter to find an AED machine. The employee at the Walmart customer service desk did not know whether or not the store had one. Alberta law and workplace regulation does not require the placement of AEDs in businesses, and Walmart stores in Alberta in fact do not have them. An EMS officer stated, “To have someone survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the most important parts are .

neg: Criticism of Walmart meat sales. Walmart's anti-union policies also extend beyond the United States. The documentary "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price", shows one successful unionization of a Walmart store in Jonquière, Quebec (Canada) in 2004, but Walmart closed the store five months later because the company did not approve of the new "business plan" a union would require. In September 2005, the Québec Labor Board ruled that the closing of a Walmart store amounted to a reprisal against unionized workers and has ordered additional hearings on possible compensation for the employees, though it offered no details. In March 2005, Walmart executive

neg: 2013 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship reserved for the winner of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship was not used because the winner, Inbee Park, had already qualified in multiple categories. Amy Meier, the first alternate from the St. Louis qualifier, Lindy Duncan, the first alternate from the West Palm Beach, Florida qualifier, and Mikayla Harmon, an amateur and the first alternate from the Glendale Arizona qualifier, were added to the field when Mi-Jeong Jang, Bo-Mee Lee, and Sun-Ju Ahn, who all qualified in category 12, declined to participate in the tournament. Hannah Suh, an amateur and the first alternate from the Daly City, California qualifier, was

neg: Metrocenter (Phoenix, Arizona) was converted to a clearance center in 2009, closing the first level of its store. In June 2014, it was announced that a Walmart Supercenter would open, taking over the space occupied by the vacant Broadway building. The Broadway building was demolished and construction began on July 20, 2016. The new Supercenter opened in October 2017, though it is not accessible from the mall. On May 31, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing in September 2018 as part of a plan to close 72 stores nationwide leaving Dillard's Clearance Center and Walmart Supercenter (which has no mall

neg: Burbank, California summer 2015 to open a Walmart Supercenter on the site of the former Great Indoors store. The project had been halted since 2011 due to lawsuits. However, the Walmart store finally opened its doors in June 2016. Burbank also opened its first Whole Foods Market near The Burbank Studios lot in June 2018. The mixed-use development also includes apartment units above the store. The project faced controversy due to traffic concerns and street barriers in the adjacent neighborhood. According to the United States Census Bureau, Burbank has a total area of . of it is land and of it (0.12%)

neg: Walmart opened its first Bud's Discount City location in Bentonville. Bud's operated as a closeout store, much like Big Lots. Many locations were opened to fulfill leases in shopping centers as Walmart stores left and moved into newly built Supercenters. All of the Bud's Discount City stores had closed or converted into Walmart Discount Stores by 1997. Walmart Neighborhood Market, sometimes branded as "Neighborhood Market by Walmart" or informally known as "Neighborhood Walmart", is Walmart's chain of smaller grocery stores ranging from and averaging about , about a fifth of the size of a Walmart Supercenter. The first Walmart Neighborhood Market

neg: Illinois Open Championship Illinois Open Championship The Illinois Open Championship is a golf tournament that is administered by the Illinois PGA (Professional Golfers' Association). The state championship of golf is a 54-hole championship over three days to determine the finest player in the state of Illinois. The tournament is open to professionals and amateurs with a handicap of 10 or less who reside within the state of Illinois. In 2015, for the first time in the history of the Illinois Open, the Illinois PGA changed the format of the event having it contested at two facilities for the first and second rounds. The

neg: Illinois Women's Open Open is tentatively scheduled for July 23–25. 1-The inaugural 1995 Illinois Women's Open (IWO) was shortened to 36 holes due to cloud-to-ground lightning and torrential rain during the first round. None of the groups had completed nine holes, so the entire round was wiped out. 2-The original July 17–19, 1996 Illinois Women's Open was washed out when 16-inch rains flooded the Chicago area. The golf course, built partially on a flood plain, had over five feet of water on seven holes. The IWO was rescheduled for August 14, 15 and 17. 3-Sarah Johnston is now playing the LPGA Tour under

neg: Woolco because of their larger size. In 1994, in order to repay the $1.7 billion debt incurred from international specialty store expansion, the Woolworth Corporation sold most of the Woolco Canada stores to Walmart. Walmart did not acquire the Woolco stores that were either unionized or had downtown locations. Some Woolco stores were sold and re-opened as Zellers stores; when Zellers liquidated, some of those stores were later sold to Target Canada, which ceased operations themselves in 2015 following bankruptcy. In the UK, Kingfisher plc attempted to revive the style of Woolco with the Big W chain in 1999, which was

neg: Hispanics and Latinos in Houston V's Smart Shop also targets Hispanic and Latino consumers. In April 2009 Wal-Mart opened the "Supermercado de Walmart," a store designed to appeal to Hispanic customers, in Spring Branch. Converted from a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market, it was the first "Supermercado de Walmart" opened by the company in the United States. June 2009 Wal-Mart was scheduled to open Más Club, a version of Sam's Club catering to Hispanics and Latinos. Más Club closed in January 2014. Supermercado de Wal-Mart closed in December 2014. Eschbach said that, historically, Hispanics resided in specific neighborhoods of Houston, such as Denver Harbor, the Houston Heights,

neg: Criticism of Walmart an open lot. If built, it would be the first traditional Walmart location within the City of Miami limits, although there are numerous locations just outside city limits in Doral, Hialeah, Gladeview, North Miami Beach, and Westchester, as well as a "Neighborhood Market" in the western fringes of the city. Purchased in October 2011, the retailer closed on the sale in January 2014 for US$8.2 million, the currently vacant site sits at the southern tip of Midtown between North Miami Avenue and Midtown Boulevard from Northeast 29th and 31st Streets, between the burgeoning neighborhoods of Wynwood and Edgewater. After more

neg: Florin Towne Centre Florin Towne Centre Florin Towne Centre is an outdoor shopping center in the unincorporated area of Parkway-South Sacramento near Sacramento, California, United States. It opened in 2008 on the site of the old Florin Mall, which closed and was demolished in 2006. The center is anchored by Sears, 24 Hour Fitness and Walmart Supercenter. Sears is the only remnant and remaining anchor from the former Florin Mall. Mervyn's opened on March 6, 2008 and was the first store to open at Florin Towne Centre. The store was shuttered in February 2009 and is currently vacant. Walmart opened on June 17,

neg: Criticism of Walmart too many hours in a day. There were 60,767 missed breaks and 15,705 lost meal times. Walmart’s vice president for communications responded that company auditors had determined that the methodology used by "The New York Times" was flawed, and the company "did not respond to it in any way internally." Walmart has been accused of allowing undocumented workers to work in its stores. In one case, federal investigators say Walmart executives knew that contractors were using undocumented workers as they had been helping the federal government with an investigation for the previous three years. Some critics said that Walmart directly

neg: Peel Cup Peel Cup The Peter J. Peel Challenge Cup, better known as the Peel Cup, was an open soccer competition that crowned the Illinois state champion until it was replaced by the Illinois Governor’s Cup in 1971. Peter Peel was born in 1866 in Dublin, Ireland and moved to Chicago, Illinois when young. He founded the first soccer association in Illinois, served as president of the Chicago Soccer League, and later became president of the United States Football Association. In 1909, he established a competition, named after himself, open to all soccer clubs in the Midwestern United States. Proceeds from the

neg: Clinton, Illinois Walmart Store closed their doors in July 2018 after 35 years in business. Clinton, Illinois Clinton is the largest city in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,225 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of DeWitt County. The city and the county are named for DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York, 1817-1823. Clinton Nuclear Generating Station is located six miles away on Clinton Lake. Clinton is centrally located in the heart of Illinois, at (40.152240, -88.959214), accessible from Routes 51, 54, and 10. According to the 2010 census, Clinton has a total area of ,

neg: Walmart leading to higher sales. Walmart customers cite low prices as the most important reason for shopping there. The average U.S. Walmart customer's income is below the national average. A 2006 Walmart report also indicated that Walmart customers are sensitive to higher utility costs and gas prices. A poll indicated that after the [[United States presidential election, 2004|2004 US presidential election]], 76percent of voters who shopped at Walmart once a week voted for [[George W. Bush]] while only 23 percent supported senator [[John Kerry]]. When measured against similar retailers in the U.S., frequent Walmart shoppers were rated the most politically [[Conservatism

neg: With Arms Wide Open: A Retrospective With Arms Wide Open: A Retrospective With Arms Wide Open: A Retrospective is a compilation album by American rock band Creed, which was released on November 20, 2015. It is a three disc set, with disc one devoted to the band's radio hits, disc two for rarities and demos, and disc three for acoustic tracks. It is Creed's first album released since the acquisition of Wind-up Records by Concord Bicycle Music in May 2015. "With Arms Wide Open: A Retrospective" is a Walmart exclusive in the United States. Guitarist and founding member Mark Tremonti first broke the news of a

neg: Auchan gave up in the United States market around 1993-1994. The first American Auchan (pronounced by Houstonians as “o-shawn”) store opened in western Houston on October 14, 1988. The hypermarket was located on a plot of land on Beltway 8, north of U.S. Route 59. The store was one of many hypermarkets to open in the U.S in the late 80's, after Walmart debuted Hypermart USA in December 1987, and Carrefour's Philadelphia store debuted in March 1988. David Kaplan of the "Houston Chronicle" said "it was fairly unusual and became something of a tourist attraction" when it had first opened, as

neg: Walmart particularly Walmart's "statement of ethics", which restricted relationships between employees and led to a public discussion in the media, resulting in a bad reputation among customers. In July 2006, Walmart announced its withdrawal from Germany due to sustained losses. The stores were sold to the German company [[Metro AG|Metro]] during Walmart's fiscal third quarter. Walmart did not disclose its losses from its German investment, but they were estimated to be around 3 billion. [[File:Hiper Bompreço.JPG|thumb|[[Bompreço]] in [[Natal, Brazil]]]] In 2004, Walmart bought the 118stores in the [[Bompreço]] supermarket chain in northeastern Brazil. In late 2005, it took control of the

neg: Economy of South Africa businesses. Despite the numerous positive economic achievements since 1994, South Africa has struggled to attract significant foreign direct investment. The situation may have started to change however, with 2005 seeing the largest single FDI into South Africa when Barclays bought a majority share in local bank Absa Group Limited. Deals between the British-based Vodafone and South Africa's Vodacom have taken place in 2006. In 2010, two multibillion-dollar deals, one by HSBC to acquire Nedbank and one by Walmart to acquire Massmart Holdings, fell through. (Walmart did eventually buy Massmart in 2011) South Africa has been riven by arguments over whether

neg: Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price and internationally. Scenes filmed abroad document factory workers in Bangladesh and China creating Walmart goods for as little as 18 cents an hour. One 9-year veteran of Walmart testifies that he was moved to tears when he viewed the conditions in clothing manufacturing facilities in Latin America. He reported the abuses but the company did not correct them. The documentary also argues that Walmart's parking lots have unusually high crime rates, a situation that could be vastly improved if the company were willing to spend the money to place cameras outside the stores. To avoid accusations of a partisan POV,

neg: Walmart Canada 2004. However, nine days of negotiation between the UFCW and Wal-Mart were fruitless, with the union accusing the company of not negotiating in good faith while Walmart argued that the union wanted the store to hire an additional 30 workers. Walmart closed the store five months later because the company did not approve of the new "business plan" a union would require, and this move was permitted by Quebec law as long as the closure was permanent. This labour dispute between Walmart and the UFCW made headlines worldwide; three of the other forty-six Walmarts in the province of Quebec were

neg: Valpo Velvet open an ice cream shoppe, however this closed in 2001 so the Brown family could focus on the ice cream business. Throughout the years the Valpo Velvet has operated as a restaurant, a parlor, and in its most recent iteration an ice cream parlor that also serves soups, sandwiches, and salads. Until 2009 Valpo Velvet ice cream was sold at Walmart stores in the Portage and Michigan City area. Sales for the business increased by $2,000 during their final year at Walmart but despite this success Walmart began allocating less and less room in their store for Valpo Velvet products.

neg: Hypermart USA Bannister Mall in the Benjamin Plaza development, the South Kansas City store was the last Hypermart USA to open. It was the largest of the four Hypermart stores at 256,637 sq ft. Described as Walmart's "mall without walls," the Kansas City Hypermart included a number of restaurants and specialty outlets in addition to the combination grocery and general merchandise discount store. In May 2000, Walmart announced it would spend $4.9 million to convert the Kansas City Hypermart USA to a Walmart Supercenter. Walmart indicated that it was converting its last remaining Hypermart, because the stores were too big and too

neg: Walmart program to improve the nutritional value of its store brands over five years, gradually reducing the amount of salt and sugar and completely eliminating trans fat. Walmart also promised to negotiate with suppliers with respect to nutritional issues, reduce prices for whole foods and vegetables, and open stores in low-income areas, so-called "food deserts", where there are no supermarkets. On April 23, 2011, the company announced that it was testing its new "Walmart To Go" home delivery system where customers will be able to order specific items offered on their website. The initial test was in San Jose, California, and

neg: Emma (wrestler) following day on 1 July. According to her lawyer, she forgot to pay for an iPad case when using a self-checkout machine for her purchase at a Walmart. The journalists Bryan Alvarez and Sean Ross Sapp talked with loss-prevention managers at Walmart who, after looking into the case, confirmed that Dashwood did pay for her purchase, except for the one improperly scanned item. The employees criticized the arrest, the clerk should have just reminded her that one item was not properly checked in instead, especially considering the low price of the forgotten item. She was ordered by the court to

neg: Walmart the closures. Walmart planned to focus on "strengthening Supercenters, optimizing Neighborhood Markets, growing the e-commerce business and expanding pickup services for customers". In fiscal 2017, the company plans to open between 50 and 60 Supercenters, 85 to 95 Neighborhood Markets, 7 to 10 Sam's Clubs, and 200 to 240 international locations. At the end of fiscal 2016, Walmart opened 38 Supercenters and relocated, expanded or converted 21 discount stores into Supercenters, for a total of 59 Supercenters, and opened 69 Neighborhood Markets, 8 Sam's Clubs, and 173 international locations, and relocated, expanded or converted 4 locations for a total of

neg: Asda for acquiring land for new Asda store developments, along with the relevant planning applications that are submitted to local councils, and the potential acquisition of any retail stores or developments placed for sale on the open market by any of its main competitors. As a wholly owned division of Walmart, Asda is not required to declare quarterly or half-yearly earnings, but it submits full accounts to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission each November. Despite being a subsidiary of Walmart, the company has more autonomy than any of the other supermarket chains within the Walmart International division, and has retained

neg: Walmart 2010, Walmart said it was ready to accelerate its expansion plans for the grocery stores. there were 699 Walmart Neighborhood Markets, each employing between 90 and 95 full-time and part-time workers. Walmart opened Supermercado de Walmart locations to appeal to Hispanic communities in the United States. The first one, a store in the Spring Branch area of Houston, opened on April 29, 2009. The store was a conversion of an existing Walmart Neighborhood Market. In 2009, another Supermercado de Walmart opened in Phoenix, Arizona. Both locations closed in 2014. In 2009, Walmart opened "Mas Club", a warehouse retail operation patterned

neg: Capitol View (Washington, D.C.) construct a store adjacent to Capitol Gateway. Construction will begin on April 1, 2015. However, amid closing 269 stores globally, Walmart announced it would not open its planned two stores- at Skyland Town Center and Capital Gateway. At the time many criticisms were leveled against Walmart by city leaders, as the planned stores were supposed to serve majority African-American populations underserved by grocery and retail stores and WalMart had already successfully built three stores in other parts of the city. Many people erroneously believe that WalMart's decision not to build was due to the District's plans to raise the minimum

neg: Working Families for Walmart the average percentage paid by large employers in the state. Sweeney cited the example of an Alliance, Ohio Walmart employee who went on Medicaid when her wages would not cover the cost of the corporation's health insurance. “Why should a company like Wal-Mart – which made $10 billion last year alone – be able to force taxpayers to foot the bill for their health care costs?” Sweeney asked. Working Families for Walmart Working Families for Walmart is an advocacy group formed by Walmart and the Edelman public relations firm on December 20, 2005. It has been used to praise Walmart

neg: 1914 U.S. Open (golf) 22, tied for ninth in his sixth and final U.S. Open appearance. Did not play: Alex Smith (1906, 1910), Laurie Auchterlonie (1902), Harry Vardon (1900), Willie Smith (1899). "Thursday, August 20, 1914 (morning)" "Thursday, August 20, 1914 (afternoon)" "Friday, August 21, 1914 (morning)" "Friday, August 21, 1914 (afternoon)" 1914 U.S. Open (golf) The 1914 U.S. Open was the 20th U.S. Open, held August 20–21 at Midlothian Country Club in Midlothian, Illinois, a suburb southwest of Chicago. 21-year-old Walter Hagen held off amateur Chick Evans by a single stroke to win the first of his two U.S. Open titles. It was

neg: The Sound of Music Live! a live broadcast, along with the feeling of being part of an "event", would encourage viewers to watch the special live instead of on-demand or from a recording. NBC's previous attempt at event television, "The Million Second Quiz", was met with mixed reviews and viewership, but NBC did indicate that Subway's advertising throughout the series brought a higher level of awareness to the brand. The television special was also the first live musical special in almost fifty years on NBC. Retail chain Walmart served as the presenting sponsor for "The Sound of Music Live!". NBC also produced five themed Walmart

neg: Walmart a seating area for eating. Customers can also use Walmart's site-to-store operation and pick up online orders at Walmart Neighborhood Market stores. Products at Walmart Neighborhood Market stores carry the same prices as those at Walmart's larger supercenters. A Moody's analyst said the wider company's pricing structure gives the chain of grocery stores a "competitive advantage" over competitors Whole Foods, Kroger and Trader Joe's. Neighborhood Market stores expanded slowly at first as a way to fill gaps between Walmart Supercenters and Discount Stores in existing markets. In its first 12 years, the company opened about 180 Walmart Neighborhood Markets. By

neg: Emoticon citing a likelihood of confusion between the Loufrani smiley and a smiley face Walmart had been using since 1990. The USPTO eventually sided with Walmart and rejected The Smiley Company's application, due to the widespread use of smiley face designs. Seeking to prevent Walmart from using any smiley face design, Nicolas Loufrani next sued Walmart in federal court in 2009, while claiming that his smiley face was "readily distinguishable" from Walmart's. The case was closed in 2011 when the two parties agreed to settle out of court. The terms of the settlement were undisclosed, but Walmart continued to use its

neg: Mountain Farms Mall Starting in 1997, when Walmart started expressing interest in establishing a store, an organized group of area residents have sought to oppose any Walmart development plans, Walmart epitomizing what they oppose. In 2005 Walmart wished to build a new Supercenter southeast of the Hampshire Mall. However, there have been various hindrances as a consequence of a bylaw designed to keep out large stores by restricting new stores to as well as local organized opposition. After two years of negotiations, on November 20, 2007, a subdivision plan that exempted the planned Walmart Supercenter from the current bylaw restrictions was approved. Developers

neg: Illinois Republican Party of Representatives since 1982. In 2002, while the Republicans did well in 2002 midterm elections nationwide, the Illinois Republicans lost their majority when a Democrat became Illinois governor for the first time in 26 years and Democrats gained control of the Illinois Senate, putting the party in the minority for the first time in state history. The 2010 elections saw the election of Illinois Republican Mark Kirk to the US Senate as well as a Republican sweep of Illinois US House seats. Republicans came within 5 seats of a majority in the Illinois House of Representatives and gained seats in

neg: Peru, Illinois at the intersection of I-80 and IL-251. Then there are three smaller districts along the US-6 Corridor, including Peru's downtown. The largest employers in Peru are the Peru Mall, the Illinois Valley Community Hospital, Walmart, James Hardie, Officemax, the American Nickeloid, Liberty Village, Double D Express, Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Eakas, Target, and Horizon Industries. Peru is the home of at least three very old companies. It is the national headquarters of American Nickeloid, started in 1898, and the W.H. Maze Co, dealing in lumber and nails, which started the year the Illinois and Michigan Canal opened in 1848. Maze

neg: Open shop a condition of employment. In February 2015, Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner filed suit, claiming that fair-share agreements are unconstitutional and a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech. In March 2015, three government workers from Illinois represented by attorneys from the Illinois-based Liberty Justice Center and Virginia-based National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation took legal action to intervene in the case. In May 2015, Rauner was dropped from the case, after a federal judge ruled that the governor did not have standing to bring such a suit, but the case proceeded under a new name, "Janus

neg: Elihu Benjamin Washburne House by the Sheehan family, which owned the house until 1968, when it was sold to the State of Illinois. The Elihu B. Washburne House represents a good example of late Greek Revival architecture. The house was built in the style of Greek temples and features a 2-story porch with four fluted Doric columns. The Elihu B. Washburne House is administered by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and is open to the public for tours. The Washburne House is a declared Illinois State Historic Site. The house is open for guided tours of the first floor and two second-floor bedrooms. Tours

neg: United Food and Commercial Workers and had won a contract with a Walmart store in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. After a couple years of unsuccessful negotiations between the union and Walmart the workers at the store decided to leave the union. The last remaining unionized Walmart in North America was located in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Walmart successfully repelled an attempted UFCW unionization campaign here in August 2013 when the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the union's attempt to compel Walmart to reach a collective agreement with it; workers at the Weyburn store then voted 51 to 5 to decertify the union. In April 2005, as part of

neg: Sam's Club did not say they are not considering a spinoff. On February 26, 2009, Walmart Canada announced that it would be closing all six of its Canadian Sam's Club locations. This was part of Walmart Canada's decision to shift focus towards supercentres, but some industry observers suggested that the operation was struggling in competition with Costco and the non-membership The Real Canadian Superstore (known as Maxi & Cie in Quebec), that had a well-established history in the country. Sam's Club also rebranded the two as yet unopened locations as new Walmart Supercentres. In January 2010, it was announced that ten clubs

neg: Walmart no benefit. Walmart's negative effects on local retailers may be partially explained by studies that find that local firms re-invest nearly 63 percent more of profits in other local businesses compared to chain retailers, as found by the Maine Center of Economic Policy in 2011. David Merriman, Joseph Persky, Julie Davis and Ron Baiman did a study in "[[Economic Development Quarterly]]" outlining the impacts of Walmart in [[Chicago]]. The study draws from three annual surveys of enterprises within a four-mile radius of a new Chicago Walmart and it "shows that the probability of going out of business was significantly higher

neg: Criticism of Walmart its workers. In 2003 Walmart spent an average of $3,500 per employee for health care, 27% less than the retail-industry average of $4,800. When asked why so many Walmart workers choose to enroll in state health care plans instead of Walmart's own plan, Walmart CEO Lee Scott acknowledged that some states' benefits may be more generous than Walmart's own plan: "In some of our states, the public program may actually be a better value – with relatively high income limits to qualify, and low premiums." Critics of Walmart say in "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" that employees are

neg: B. Kevin Turner the Chief Information Officer of Walmart at the age of 34, when former Walmart CIO Randy Mott departed for Dell. As the CIO of Walmart, Turner oversaw Walmart's information technology and worldwide data-tracking system. The division consisted of over 2,000 employees in Bentonville, Arkansas. As CIO, Turner led a team that developed retail-specific applications such as Retail Link at Walmart. In 2002, Turner replaced Tom Grimm as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Walmart-owned retailer Sam's Club, which had over 46 million members and over $37.1 billion USD in annual sales. Under Turner, Sam's Club focused on lowering

neg: Tom Coughlin (Walmart executive) January 2001, Coughlin was elected to the board of directors for ChoicePoint, a publicly traded data aggregation firm. That same year, he was elected to the Walmart board of directors. In August 2002, he was also given the title of CEO for Sam's Club USA. The following April, he became executive vice president and vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. On December 6, 2004, Walmart announced that Coughlin would retire effective January 24, 2005. When Coughlin's retirement was announced, Walmart praised Coughlin for his longtime success at the corporation. Walmart CEO Lee Scott said in a company-issued press release, "Tom

neg: Criticism of Walmart like this change, and Walmart added the merchandise back, but did not add employees back. An April 5, 2013 article in the "Consumerist" includes photographs of Walmart shelves which are only partially stocked, primarily in health and beauty products. One employee is quoted as saying, "As soon as we get a full crew we start to lose people through them quitting or being fired. Management seems to wait until we need 6 or 7 people, then we get a rash of new hires." And another employee is quoted as saying, "they make the rest of us work faster and harder,

neg: Walmart greeter change over the year. The greeter's primary task is to provide a sunny disposition to welcome customers, as well as to cross-check customers' receipts when they leave. Walmart greeter A Wal-Mart greeter or Walmart greeter is a Walmart employee whose role is to wait at the front door of a Walmart store and to offer a warm "hello" to all shoppers who enter. Sam Walton nationally implemented the role in the 1980s. The position is considered to be a big part of the company's identity and culture, as well as one of its most recognized hallmarks. The idea of having

neg: Gilman, Illinois the precaution of bringing a stout stick to the dance. Rushing downstairs he burst out the door swinging his shillelagh and quickly dispersing the rowdies. The ball went on. D. Harwood was the first merchant to open a store in Gilman which maintained a full stock of goods. The first train through Gilman arrived on 21 September 1857 and was to take local people to the State Fair in Peoria. It was three hours late, but its arrival signaled the start of a period of rapid growth for the new town. The Illinois Central did not begin to run trains

neg: Jesus C. Gonzalez with a gun in the store; meanwhile a different employee asked Gonzalez to leave. Gonzalez left without incident, but was confronted by police outside the store. He was arrested for disorderly conduct, as was a common practice in many Wisconsin jurisdictions that did not approve of the practice of open carry by civilians. In April 2009, Gonzalez entered a Chilton Walmart while openly carrying a gun, and attempted to buy ammunition for a different weapon. The store manager called 911, and Gonzalez was again arrested for disorderly conduct. Eventually charges were dropped in both cases, but Gonzalez sued in federal

neg: Walmart de México y Centroamérica opening of Walmart stores and Sam's Clubs in Mexico. In 1997, Walmart increased its stake by acquiring 51% of Cifra. Cifra was renamed Wal-Mart de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Walmart again increased its stake in Wal-Mart de Mexico to 60% in April 2000. After completing the acquisition of Walmart's operations in Central America in January 2010, Walmart Mexico changed its name to Walmart de Mexico y Centroamérica. In 1999, they continued expressing their aggressive position: Following the implementation of NAFTA; Grupo CIFRA initiates Mexico's first duty-free importation of fresh Canadian Beef from Biological Farm Management Systems (BFMS) Inc., an Alberta,

neg: Criticism of Walmart construction and discovered a small clay and stone altar along with some other artifacts where the store's parking lot is now located. In 2005, developers demolished the long-closed Dixmont State Hospital in Kilbuck Township, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, with plans to build a shopping complex anchored by a Walmart. While there were initially no general objections to the Walmart store itself, many residents did not want to see Dixmont demolished, despite the fact that the Dixmont complex, having been abandoned in 1984, was beyond maintainable condition and teenagers were dangerously trespassing onto the property on a regular basis. However, while the

neg: Flipkart back to the company for approximately US$1.1 billion, and re-launch its own Indian operations. The company stated that "there is huge growth potential for e-commerce in India and significant opportunity for multiple players to succeed in India's diverse, domestic market." Softbank Group also sold its entire 20% stake to Walmart, without disclosing terms of the sale. The acquisition was completed on 18 August 2018. Walmart also provided US$2 billion in equity funding to the company. On 13 November 2018, Flipkart CEO Binny Bansal resigned, after facing an allegation of "serious personal misconduct". Walmart stated that "while the investigation did not

neg: Meridian High School (Macon, Illinois) IHSA Class 1A State Playoffs. In November 1999, the Meridian Hawks placed second in the IHSA 2A Football Championship. On May 27th, 2006, Meridian Hawks' Rodney Oyler was the first individual IHSA Boys State Champion in the open 800-meter run. On March 14, 2009, Meridian Hawks won the IHSA Boys Class 1A Basketball Championship. http://www.ihsa.org/SportsActivities/BoysTrackField/RecordsHistory.aspx Meridian High School (Macon, Illinois) Meridian High School is a public four-year high school located in Macon, Illinois. It is located about nine miles south of Decatur, Illinois. Its first year of existence was the fall of 1994, when it was formed by the merger

neg: 2012 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team The rubber match went to the Huskers as they put together one of its best games of the season with a 13-3 win over the Illinois to win in the first ever Big Ten series. The Huskers outscored Illinois by a combined score of 31-8 in the final two games of the series to open conference play with a series win for the first time since 2008 when they swept Kansas State in Manhattan. Husker fans topped the 5,000 mark in all three games, with a combined 15,697 fans coming out to see the Huskers open conference play. The team

neg: Chicago Welsh Societies in 1914. Plans for the Illinois Club began in early spring of 1955 when a committee met at the home of Estelle Roberts Schubert. It was then called the Welsh Women's Club. The first open meeting was held on June 20, 1955 at the Carleton Hotel in Oak Park. There were 63 women present. Within a short time 61 of them became charter members and many more joined that first year. The first President of the Women's Welsh Club of Illinois was Miss Myra Thomas. The Illinois Club is one of only a handful remaining in the country and continues

neg: 2004–05 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team its fifth all-time NCAA Final Four appearance and first since 1989. The Illini defeated Louisville in the national semifinal to advance to the NCAA Championship game for the first time in school history. Illinois finished as the national runner-up, falling to North Carolina in the title game. Above all else, the team was noted for its impeccable ball movement on offense. The team led the nation in assists. A constant flow of passes allowed for open looks from the three-point line on every play. Led by a three guard starting lineup, the team did not rely upon sheer size and

neg: Cedar Hills, Utah of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but it was resolved in a 2005 when a referendum vote on two initiatives (one prohibiting businesses being open on Sunday and the other prohibiting selling alcohol) were defeated. The anchor business for the commercial center, Walmart, opened in 2009 and remains open on Sundays and sells beer. Cedar Hills, Utah Cedar Hills is a city in north-central Utah County, Utah, United States. The population was 9,796 at the 2010 census, up from 3,094 in 2000. The city began growing rapidly during the 1990s, with the largest growth rate of any

neg: Waffle House Index remained open. The measure is based on the reputation of the restaurant chain Waffle House for staying open during extreme weather and for reopening quickly, albeit sometimes with a limited menu, after very severe weather events such as tornadoes or hurricanes. Waffle House, along with other chains (such as Home Depot, Walmart, and Lowe's) which do a significant proportion of their business in the southern US where there is a frequent risk of hurricanes, have good risk management and disaster preparedness. Because of this, and a cut-down menu prepared for times when there is no power or limited supplies, the

neg: Cribbs Causeway (opening 2 May 2015). Other large stores include the United Kingdom's first Asda WalMart Supercentre, which was originally built by the French hypermarket chain Carrefour in the late 1970s. Then when Carrefour pulled out of the UK it sold all of its stores, including the Bristol hypermarket, to the Dee Corporation which owned the Gateway store chain. Then Gateway sold all of its large format stores to Asda in 1989, and it became an Asda hypermarket. Then after the sale of Asda by its management to Walmart in July 1999, it became the first Asda Wal*Mart Supercentre in July 2000.

neg: Walmart now Walmart-branded gas stations. The first Supercenter opened in Washington, Missouri, in 1988. A similar concept, Hypermart USA, had opened a year earlier in Garland, Texas. All Hypermart USA stores were later closed or converted into Supercenters. A typical supercenter sells approximately 120,000 items, compared to the 35 million products sold in Walmart's online store. The "Supercenter" name has since been phased out, with these stores now simply referred to as "Walmart", since the company introduced the new Walmart logo in 2008. However, the branding is still used in Walmart's Canadian stores (spelled as "Supercentre" in Canadian English). Walmart Discount

neg: Walmart Mayorista (7 locations). Walmart's Mexico division, the largest outside the U.S., consisted of 2,397 stores. Walmart in Mexico operates Walmart Supercenter (273 locations), Sam's Club (163 locations), Bodega Aurrera (510 locations), Mi Bodega Aurrera (355 locations), Bodega Aurrera Express (1,001 locations), and Superama (95 locations). Walmart has operated in Canada since it acquired 122stores comprising the Woolco division of Woolworth Canada, Inc in 1994. it operates 410locations (including 336supercentres and 74 discount stores) and, it employs 89,358 people, with a local home office in Mississauga, Ontario. Walmart Canada's first three Supercentres (spelled in Canadian English) opened in November 2006 in

neg: Walmart Canada its distribution centre in Cornwall, Ontario subject to court approval. These locations include an unopened location at the Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa. In September 2018, Walmart Canada began offering same-day delivery at some of its locations through a partnership with Instacart. With the success of both Walmart in Canada and Walmart Supercenters in the United States, it was announced in late 2005 that the Supercentre concept would be arriving in Canada. On November 8, 2006, Canada's first three Supercentres opened in Ancaster, London, and Stouffville in Ontario. Alberta became the second province with Supercentres in September 2007. The first