Foreign markets fertile for Wal-Mart

Retailer tailors stores' formats, sizes to gain new customers

By Steve Painter

Photo by KEVIN LEE / Bloomberg News

Customers in Shanghai, China, shop for chicken feet at a Wal-Mart store, as the world's largest retailer increasingly becomes an exporter as it sends goods abroad to stock stores.

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In Brazil, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is counting on its small format Todo Dia neighborhood grocery stores to drive sales among low-income customers.

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