Sam's Club

Sam's Club is a very successful business unit of Wal-Mart and Sam's is the second largest wholesale buying club in the United States, after COSTCO. There are more than 450 warehouse only stores spread all over the Unites States and in each of them, you can find some amazing bargains to be found. With stores all over the country, Sam's Club has more than 41,000,000 satisfied members. While shopping there are plenty of items to choose from - more than 4,000 products in each wholesale warehouse. With this many products on the shelves, you will find dozens of products that you will want to buy for yourself.http://www.answers.com/topic/sam-s-club

When Wal-Mart opened the first Sam's Wholesale Club store, that was a great day for a lot of people. They were able to find bargains that they were never able to find before. Sam's is keeping a lot people in business because a lot of business owners shop at Sam's to supply their own store.Here are some of the important dates in the life of Sam's.

1. April, 1983: First Sam's Wholesale Club opens in Midwest City, Oklahoma
2. 1987: Acquires Super Saver Wholesale
3. 1990: Shortens name to Sam's Club
4. 1993: Acquires PACE Membership Club from Kmart