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 CHICAGO (AP) - Baggy clothes and Mexican CDs line the aisles. Catfish bait and automobile decorations sit on the shelves. A local restaurant serves up fried chicken near the checkout stands.
After blanketing rural America, Wal-Mart is pushing into big cities with a new strategy: catering to local shoppers — in this case, black and Hispanic customers in a West Side Chicago neighborhood — while making efforts to help other local businesses survive.
There is a lot riding on Wal-Mart's success at this store that opened last September, both for the struggling neighborhood and the company.
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