NC is test market for smaller Walmart Express stores

SNOW HILL -- At first glance, the Walmart that opened here last October looks like any other new Walmart you?d find around the state.It?s got the retailer?s ubiquitous yellow logo, a tan brick façade and silver floors. Once inside, however, Walmart customers are confronted with a store layout that runs counter to the retailer?s reputation for vastness. At 15,000 square feet, this Walmart Express is less than a 10th the size of the company?s massive SuperCenters, which can be 200,000 square feet or bigger. Walmart Expresses are popping up in rural towns across North Carolina as part of a