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Gallery: Inside the newest ‘Small-Mart’

Jon Springer, Executive Editor

June 23, 2014

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Gallery: Inside the newest ‘Small-Mart’

Wal-Mart’s newest store concept — a 5,000-square-foot convenience store named Walmart to Go — opened in March near the company’s Bentonville, Ark. headquarters.

The store, which offers only a sliver of the inventory of a neighboring Supercenter but identical prices, is providing Wal-Mart Stores with learnings around an offering designed to be convenient and affordable, officials said.

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Photos and captions by Jon Springer

About the Author

Jon Springer

Jon Springer

Executive Editor

Jon Springer is executive editor of Winsight Grocery Business with responsibility for leading its digital news team. Jon has more than 20 years of experience covering consumer business and retail in New York, including more than 14 years at the Retail/Financial desk at Supermarket News. His previous experience includes covering consumer markets for KPMG’s Insiders; the U.S. beverage industry for Beverage Spectrum; and he was a Senior Editor covering commercial real estate and retail for the International Council of Shopping Centers. Jon began his career as a sports reporter and features editor for the Cecil Whig, a daily newspaper in Elkton, Md. Jon is also the author of two books on baseball. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English-Journalism from the University of Delaware. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his family.

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