date:Oct 21, 2013
n the first of three markets in March, though it declined to say where. It is testing some of the aspects of the plan in areas like Gentry, Ark., where it operates a Wal-Mart Express store, which is one-tenth the size of a typical supercenter. The retailer operates more than 4,000 stores in the U.S.
In the short term, Wal-Mart, based in Bentonville, Ark., is trying to rev up business at its namesake stores in the U.S., which has been weakening because of an uncertain economy. The company said t