The retail behemoth’s decision to close 269 stores may be just the kind of disruption it needs to stay ahead—or a sign that it’s too late.
Mary Becker, the mayor of Juneau, Alaska, got a phone call early Friday morning with news she later called “devastating.” The lone Walmart Supercenter in Juneau—opened with fanfare and celebration in 2007 as the first Supercenter in Alaska—would be closed permanently, in just 21 days.
