Wal-Mart Tweaks Store for Arab-Americans

CoolBreeze · Post by **CoolBreeze** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:24 pm

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) -- Faten Saad knew she wasn't in a typical Wal-Mart when she saw an end-of-the-aisle display featuring Mamool.

Boxes of the date-filled, whole wheat cookie from the Middle East welcomed the 21-year-old Lebanon native into the international aisle of the new Wal-Mart store in this Detroit suburb known as the capital of Arab America. Aisle 3, which also features Eastern European and Hispanic food, represents many of the 550 items geared toward Arab-American shoppers in the store that opened last week.

It might be statistically tiny in a store with more than 150,000 items, but it's symbolically huge for the world's largest retailer as it seeks to change from a cost-is-everything monolith to one that customizes its stores to meet neighborhood needs.

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The Dearborn store also sells Arabic music and plans to offer Muslim greeting cards. But the modifications go beyond merchandise: It has 35 employees who speak Arabic -- noted in Arabic script on their badges. The store also has hired a local Arab-American educator to teach the staff cultural sensitivity.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080315/wal_mart ... .html?.v=2

Ok... let's think of the possibilities here! What might you find in a Southridge or Logan WV Wal-Mart?

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:46 am

Taxidermy shop next to the subway store.

The Interpreter · Post by **The Interpreter** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:32 am

And in Hurricane, West Virginia, one might find supplies for the cub reporter, teaching honest reporting and leaving bias out of news ariticles, weight loss reduction aids targeted to the middle aged male, guides on designing interesting and effective local news websites and heaven only knows what else!

Hoosier Daddy · Post by **Hoosier Daddy** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:37 am

The Interpreter wrote:And in Hurricane, West Virginia, one might find supplies for the cub reporter, teaching honest reporting and leaving bias out of news ariticles, weight loss reduction aids targeted to the middle aged male, guides on designing interesting and effective local news websites and heaven only knows what else!

Post! Of! The! Month!

Big Media · Post by **Big Media** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:17 pm

Hoosier Daddy wrote:
The Interpreter wrote:And in Hurricane, West Virginia, one might find supplies for the cub reporter, teaching honest reporting and leaving bias out of news ariticles, weight loss reduction aids targeted to the middle aged male, guides on designing interesting and effective local news websites and heaven only knows what else!
Post! Of! The! Month!

Bravo!

AmpedNow · Post by **AmpedNow** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:33 pm

Huge NASCAR section

camo clothing section

country & gospel section

designer Maxwell House kiosk--featuring regular, strong, and decaf

bring back McDonald's

singing fish displays at the front

lotta guns in the back

David Paleg · Post by **David Paleg** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:47 pm

Does the hardware section have parts for outhouses and stills?

Dave Allen · Post by **Dave Allen** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:22 pm

Special "bun holders" for little old church ladies (if you have to ask, you ain't from here)
Tanning bed services, live bait, Earnhardt "3's" on everything, deluxe pill crushers for Oxycontin, the best of truck driving songs on 8-track, "Getting The Most When Selling Your Vote" books, "How To Recruit Players From Other Schools To Play Sports At Logan High" DVD's.

radiofan · Post by **radiofan** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:26 pm

K-Rock wrote:Huge NASCAR section

camo clothing section

country & gospel section

designer Maxwell House kiosk--featuring regular, strong, and decaf

bring back McDonald's

singing fish displays at the front

lotta guns in the back

LoL this sounds like the old Oak Hill Wal Mart before they moved to Fayetteville.

Dr. Whiplash · Post by **Dr. Whiplash** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:59 pm

Mealworms, waxworms, hellgramites, minnows (aka minners), shad, nightcrawlers and imported Burmese paralytic nightcrawlers.

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:15 pm

Dip and chew.

Dave Allen · Post by **Dave Allen** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:19 pm

The dip and chew will be placed in the ladies department only.

The People's DJ · Post by **The People's DJ** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:43 pm

Look who I was greeted by when I went in just the other day.

The Interpreter · Post by **The Interpreter** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:35 pm

Gotta be a photoshop.

That or the diet plan is FINALLY working...

AARON SCOTT · Post by **AARON SCOTT** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:38 am

Is that a Tom Mcghee button? I would love to have one of those!!!

BobFrank · Post by **BobFrank** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:01 pm

K-Rock wrote:Huge NASCAR section

camo clothing section

bring back McDonald's

lotta guns in the back

We have all that in the "old" Winchester (VA) Wal-Mart.

We used to have a huge Country/Gospel/Contemporary Christian section in electronics, but it was replaced with more Top 40 music.