Walmart (Kanton)

1950-1962
Sam Walton named his first store Walton's due to a lease of a previous franchise expiring.

1962-1964


Sam Walton named his new stores WALMART.

The Walmart name was presented in just about any front/style available to the printer

1979-1981
In 1964, the hyphen (dash) was added between the L and the M, and the font was changed as well.

1981-1992
In 1981, the Walmart logo changed color to brown, and the font was changed as well.

1992-2008
In 1992, Walmart changed logo color to blue, and replaced the dash with a star. Logo for Wal-Mart supercenters, hypermarkets introduced in the mid 90's. These logos are still used at some locations.

2008-present
A new logo with a new font was first used on June 30, 2008. It was decided that only the W would be capitalized and the rest would be lower-case. A yellow 'spark' or 'sunshine' was added to the logo as well. Updated logo for Walmart Supercenters.