The company, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, said it is working to ensure that workers are placed in nearby locations. The concept never caught on as the stores served the same quick-trip objective as Walmart’s larger Neighborhood Markets.
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Of the 154 U.S. Wal-Mart locations being closed, 102 of them are Wal-Mart Express stores, the company’s smallest-format stores that had been in the pilot stage since 2011.
It is not yet clear what will happen to the building Wal-Mart occupies. He reiterated the retailer’s goal of further blending the online and in-store shopping experiences.
“We believe Wal-Mart’s announcement of store closings this morning is just a “pruning” of its voluminous network”, said Charlie O’Shea, Moody’s lead retail analyst, in a statement.
“That’s really, as we look at all of the stores, the criteria that we assigned”.
Nick said Super Wal-Marts typically employ about 300 associates.
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Of the 16,000 associates – or employees – to be affected, 10,000 will be in the United States. If that is not possible Walmart will provide 60 days of pay and severance if eligible.
Region-wide, there are only four closures total in New England.
“We figured if Wal-Mart put it in, then it would be here forever”, he said.
None of these stores will be closing as part of the restructuring. “For years they were so stuck on store growth”, Yarbrough said. “I think they need to exit some markets totally and close a lot more than they are closing”. When you look at it, and so much is moving to online, at the end of the day, do they need 3,500 or so Supercenters in the United States? The location will operate with limited hours for the rest of the month and shutdown February 5. “It was such a boom to our town to have the Wal-Mart come in here”. More than 95 percent of the USA stores set to be closed are within 10 miles of another Walmart. The 11,000-square-foot store is located at 908 E. Fourth Ave. and primarily sells groceries, gasoline and health-care products. With the store opening a recent memory for residents, Johnson said he expected Wal-Mart to be a lasting part of the community.
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“The parking lot is always full”, he said.
