From the article: "- Same-store sales flipped negative (see chart above) at about the time many stores were remodeled to reduce clutter." I think, reading betw

From the article: "- Same-store sales flipped negative (see chart above) at about the time many stores were remodeled to reduce clutter." I think, reading between the lines, that Wal-mart has the data which says that a significant number of remodeled stores flipped negative, where a significant amount of other stores did not. As you say, they have been doing this for a long time. The one (and only) reason I ever shop at Walmart vs. Target, is because Target has a horrible selection. They never have what I am looking for. Wal-mart usually did, even if it was cluttered. Don't get me wrong, I hate a cluttered store. But I'll shop in a cluttered store that has what I want, vs. a pristine Target-lookalike, that doesn't.