Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Columns

Welcome to the 45th installment of The Wal-Mart Weekly, a column dedicated to bringing you insight, wit, facts, results, opinions and just a bit of everything else when it comes down to a very hot topic these days: Wal-Mart.

Last week, I took a look at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT)’s effect on the communities in which it operates. Wal-Mart’s effect on local, state and the national U.S. economy has been well documented. A recent analysis out of Minnesota concluded that Wal-Mart was better for the American retail landscape as opposed to worse. Opinions are all over the place on that one, and I referenced a few last week.

So, this week I will take a more down-to-earth, nuts and bolts problem many Wal-Mart customers experience every day. That is, grocery and general merchandise inventory levels (or lack of) and access to a speedy checkout. After all, we’re all in a hurry — right?

Continue reading The Wal-Mart Weekly: Processing customers more efficiently

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