Interesting Business Facts: Original Minimum Wage, First Wal-Mart, First Owner Of Marlboro, And Nintendo’s First Product
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Here are the 4 interesting facts for today:
Minimum wage was 0.25 per hour when it was first enacted in 1938.
In 1962, the first Wal-Mart opened up in Rogers, Arkansas. In 1984, when Wal-Mart was 22 years old, the company had a 0.3% share of the U.S. retail market. Source: GigaOM
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
Source: BetterBizideas.com and CollingwoodSearch.co.uk
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