Wal-Mart panders again:

Wal-Mart Lures Middle Eastern Shoppers To Store

POSTED: 9:14 am EDT March 16, 2008
UPDATED: 9:21 am EDT March 16, 2008


Wal-Mart is seeking to change from a cost-is-everything monolith to one that customizes its stores to meet neighborhood needs.

A recently opened store in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn is an example.

The store features hundreds of items geared toward Arab-American shoppers.

Southeastern Michigan is home to an estimated 300,000 people who trace their roots to the Middle East.

Managers said they seek peace with the neighborhood's merchants and vow not to undercut them on Middle Eastern specialties.

But some experts and observers said Wal-Mart's launch in Dearborn is bound to shake up the buying and selling in a community that has long supported its own.
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