Exterior of Walton’s Five-and-Dime, a Wal-Mart museum and tourist attraction. It is the site of Sam Walton’s first store in Bentonville, Ark. (Brian VanderBrug / LAT)
Stan Adler, right, presents new fashions to a Wal-Mart buyer at Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville, Ark. (Brian Vander Brug / LAT)
Wal-Mart’s senior vice president of global procurement, Ken Eaton, oversees 900 people in 21 locations who find new sources for products. He believes he can cut supplier costs at least 20%. (David Frank Dempsey / For the Times)
Founder Sam Walton’s sayings, such as one on an auditorium doorway, right, are found all over Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville, Ark. (Brian VanderBrug / LAT)
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Employees cubicles are not fancy at Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville. (Brian VanderBrug / LAT)
