Walmart is introducing some new smaller stores in order to compete with smaller businesses who seem to be attracting many customers:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industrie ... ress_n.htm
And, in other Walmart news, Walmart recently lost a court case:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43384915/ns ... ?GT1=43001
Also, the Supreme Court has voted in favor of Walmart during a recent case:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43464488/ns ... ?gt1=43001