When Sam Walton opened the first Walmart store in 1962, what unconventional business strategy did he implement that contradicted retail wisdom at the time?

Test your knowledge about one of the world's largest retailers and its humble beginnings. While Walmart is now a global retail powerhouse with over 10,500 stores worldwide and annual revenue exceeding $500 billion, its origin story reflects core business principles that shaped modern retail economics. This question explores a pivotal early decision that helped transform a small discount store into a retail empire.

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Opening in small rural towns that larger retailers ignored, rather than competing in established urban markets
Eliminating all in-store employees and creating the first self-checkout system in retail history
Operating exclusively as a mail-order catalog business for the first five years before opening physical locations
Selling only American-made products and refusing to stock any imported merchandise