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Walmart To Shutter Marketside
- Convenience Store News, Monday, October 17, 2011 9:10 AM
Walmart plans to close all of its Marketside stores later this month, according to a Mouth by Southwest report. The locations -- all in Arizona -- will close Oct. 21.
This abruptly ends the company's initial experiment with smaller-sized stores. Walmart launched Marketside in 2008 when it opened stores in Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert and Tempe, Ariz. In contrast to a typical Walmart Supercenter, Marketside stores are small grocery stores that specialize in prepared meals and fresh food, according to the company's website.
The retailer continues to operate and build its smaller Walmart Express stores in test markets in Richfield, N.C., Arkansas and Chicago.
