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Wal-Mart Customizes Some of Its Newest Stores
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STEVE INSKEEP, host:
Think of all the thank yous that could be sent around the offices of the world's largest retailer. Wal-Mart is our last word in business today. The company that's all about expansion is in the middle of a record expansion. It says it's opening 46 stores in January and expanding 22 more. That makes for the busiest month ever.
One new store is near an Amish community in Wisconsin, so it offers hitching posts for customers who arrive by horse-drawn buggy. A store near a Florida retirement community was designed to be golf cart accessible.
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