Walmart Aims to Build or Revamp 150 Stores in Five Years

Walmart will build, convert or remodel hundreds of stores over the next five years.The retail giant announced in a Wednesday (Jan. 31) press release plans to modernize and expand what U.S. CEO John Furner called “the facilities most core to our business: our stores.”That means building or converting more than 150 stores while remodeling 650 more, “creating tens of thousands of jobs supporting these projects,” Furner said in the release, noting that is in addition to the hundreds of jobs that result from the ...