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Article: As other retailers struggle, Wal-Mart steps up its game
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 1, 2009
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RAYNHAM - Head to the back of the Wal-Mart Supercenter in
Raynham and you may be in for a surprise.
Here, about 50 flat-screen televisions hang from the wall, a 60
percent increase in recent months. Trained sales staff approach
customers about their electronics needs and offer home installation
and consultation services for computers and entertainment systems.
It all feels very much like Tweeter or Circuit City, two of the
major electronics chains that shuttered over the past year.
While other merchants have gone bankrupt or struggled to survive
during this recession, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is growing its empire
and capitalizing on the holes left behind. The discounter behemoth
has embarked ...