Sacramento-based Sunoptics enjoys skylight success with Wal-Mart

Thirty years ago, Jerry Blomberg bet his career on the idea that he could sell sunlight.

Business was slow for almost two decades until he caught the eye of a very big customer: Wal-Mart.


Starting in the mid-1990s, the world’s largest retailer began to “daylight” its new stores across the country, installing skylights