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Hispanic Wal-Marts to Open in U.S.
2009-03-14
Wal-Mart will open two supermarkets targeting Hispanic consumers in Arizona and Texas, the Financial Times reported.

Supermercado de Wal-Mart will open in remodeled retail spaces previously occupied by Wal-Mart's Neighborhood Market stores in Phoenix and Houston.

Wal-Mart said the stories will feature a "new layout, signing and product assortment designed to make them even more relevant to local Hispanic customers," according to the Financial Times.

Sam's Club, also owned by Wal-Mart, will open a Hispanic-targeted discount super warehouse called Mas Club in Houston later this year, the Financial Times reported.

The new stores coincide with a larger Wal-Mart theme of targeting a certain demographic, such as African-American, urban, suburban and Hispanic.

Last year a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Texas included a larger selection of Spanish-language DVDs and music, Hispanic foods and a tortilleria bakery, the Financial Times reported.
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#11  locally we refer to our store as 'Wal-Martinez'

the overhead announcements are in Spanish, and then repeated in English.

the wife and i stopped shopping there over a year ago, but good friend still does business there.
Posted by: abu do you love    2009-03-14 23:57  

#10  Seems a quiet effort to retake Texas back into Mexico.

Not. Going. To. Happen!

There are too many Mexicans here that have no desire to go back to Mexico or see this place become Mexico. There invested too much to get out of the place.
Posted by: Cromoter McGurque2749   2009-03-14 16:16  

#9  Seems a quiet effort to retake Texas back into Mexico.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-03-14 12:54  

#8  Like spot, the employees at my local Wal-Mart (north Dallas) are fluent in Spanish but struggle to understand even the simplest spoken English... so what's the point?
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2009-03-14 11:43  

#7  Passport Matricula Consular Photo Kiosk
Posted by: Frank G   2009-03-14 11:32  

#6  and extend the cerveza section of course
Posted by: rabid whitetail   2009-03-14 11:23  

#5  so they are gonna start selling cowboy hats and those ugly rugs?
Posted by: rabid whitetail   2009-03-14 11:22  

#4  Can I come?
Posted by: Richard of Oregon   2009-03-14 11:17  

#3  My local Wal-Mart (suburban Chicago) is already a Hispanic store. What's new?
Posted by: Spot   2009-03-14 10:53  

#2  Old Sam Walton must be spinning at about 1000 rpm down in Bentonville cemetery about now.
Posted by: Besoeker    2009-03-14 10:35  

#1  This was on yesterday. Who cares?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2009-03-14 10:17  

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