Bentonville, Arkansas, is a small city with a large retail address. Walmart's own history page says the first Walmart opened in Rogers on July 2, 1962 and that the first distribution center and Home Office opened in Bentonville in 1971, and in January 2025 the company announced the opening of a 350-acre New Home Office there. A second institution grew up beside it: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, founded by Alice Walton, which says it opened on November 11, 2011 and welcomes all with free admission, and which reported nearly 785,000 visitors in 2023. The Census Bureau's estimates show a city that grew from 54,213 people in the April 2020 base to 63,057 on July 1, 2025, a gain of 16.3 percent by our arithmetic. A small Shopify brand reads those facts differently from a headline: they describe where a retail buyer's world is, not a shortcut to it, and nothing here says anything about selling to any company or about any supplier rule. What the city does give a store, on its own numbers, is a museum audience and a tax table worth reading once. This page sets out the facts and a frequently-bought-together plan for a store that sells gifts and art goods.
Pick the product visitors buy first, such as a print or a book, and build the add-on from what a buyer needs to use or display it. Crystal Bridges reported nearly 785,000 visitors in 2023, so there is a steady audience for a gift pairing, though the figure says nothing about your traffic.
Source: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art: About (2023 visitor figures, as the museum states them)
Set the add-on's discount from your margin and keep it below the anchor's price. Use the template's frequently-bought-together block on the product page, and show the paired price before the shopper opens the cart.
Say nothing about any retailer or supplier. The company's pages state where its Home Office is, and nothing more is claimed here, so a banner that hints at a relationship has no source behind it.
Source: Walmart: company history
Check the Department's quarterly table and the checkout's calculation for a Bentonville address: city 2.000 percent and Benton County 1.000 percent for October to December 2026, plus the state rate. Keep the offer's rule on the pre-tax cart value.
Compare the add-on's attach rate with your baseline, and remove the pairing if the add-on mostly cannibalizes the anchor. A pairing that adds nothing to the order is a discount you gave away.
Build it with the Frequently bought together template.
Requires: Growth plan or higher.
Walmart's Home Office has been in Bentonville since 1971 by the company's own history, and that is a fact about a place. A Shopify store here should not imply a supplier relationship or any rule about selling to a retailer, since nothing on the company's pages says either, and the offer plan below never mentions one.
Source: Walmart: company history
Crystal Bridges says admission is free and that it welcomed nearly 785,000 visitors in 2023, with the Momentary adding more than 156,000. A store that sells prints, books or maker goods can offer a matching add-on on the product page, which is what frequently bought together is for.
Source: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art: About (2023 visitor figures, as the museum states them)
The Department's October to December 2026 table gives Bentonville a 2.000 percent city rate plus 1.000 percent for Benton County, a local total of 3.000 percent on top of the state rate. The table is re-issued each quarter, so check it before you quote a tax-inclusive price to a local buyer.
Bentonville is the home office town of Walmart, which says its Home Office has been there since 1971, and it holds Crystal Bridges, a museum that reported nearly 785,000 visitors in 2023, so a store here has a dated retail landmark and a large museum audience nearby.
Walmart's history page says that on July 2, 1962 Sam Walton opened the first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas, and that the first distribution center and Home Office opened in Bentonville, Arkansas, in 1971.
Walmart: company history (accessed October 10, 2026)
In a post of January 17, 2025, Walmart said it was celebrating the opening of its New Home Office in Bentonville; an editor's note on the post describes it as a new 350-acre workplace.
Walmart: The Future of Better Begins Here, Welcome to Walmart's New Home Office (January 17, 2025) (accessed October 10, 2026)
Crystal Bridges' about page says the museum, founded by philanthropist and arts patron Alice Walton, opened on November 11, 2011, welcomes all with free admission and has a 134-acre park with five miles of sculpture and walking trails.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art: About (accessed October 10, 2026)
The same page says that in 2023 the museum welcomed nearly 785,000 visitors and the Momentary, a satellite contemporary art space that opened on February 22, 2020 in a former cheese factory, more than 156,000.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art: About (2023 visitor figures, as the museum states them) (accessed October 10, 2026)
The Department of Finance and Administration's list of cities and counties with local sales and use tax for October to December 2026 shows Bentonville with a 2.000 percent city rate effective October 1, 2003, Benton County at 1.000 percent and a local total of 3.000 percent, which sits on top of the state rate.
Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration: List of Cities and Counties with Local Sales and Use Tax, October to December 2026 (accessed October 10, 2026)
The Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimates put Bentonville at 63,057 residents on July 1, 2025, up from 54,213 in the April 2020 estimates base, a gain of 8,844 or 16.3 percent by our arithmetic, and 9th among Arkansas cities in the file by our sort.
U.S. Census Bureau: Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates (SUB-EST2025) (accessed October 10, 2026)
Not tax advice. Confirm current rules with the state revenue department before you rely on a date or an exemption.
Requires: Growth plan or higher.
