Julie Murphy

ShareThis BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart here said Wednesday it plans to open a Walmart Express and a Walmart Market in the West Englewood section of Chicago — an area it described as the heart of Chicago's food desert and one of the city's most underserved communities. The Walmart Market — the format formerly known as Neighborhood Market — is scheduled to open in the spring of 2012 in West Englewood; the Walmart Express, the company's new, under-30,000-square-foot format, is scheduled to open in the same area in the winter of 2012. Julie Murphy, senior vice president, Walmart U.S., who

/PRNewswire/ -- Walmart today is issuing an open invitation to all of those Illinois online businesses - known as affiliates -- to explore the opportunity to join Walmart.com's Affiliate Network. This invitation comes as Amazon.com and Overstock.com threaten to terminate their relationships with all Illinois affiliates should H.B. 3659 (Main Street Fairness Act) be signed into law. "We applaud and support the members of the General Assembly and Governor Quinn for their leadership in supporting this retail fairness legislation," said Julie Murphy, Senior Vice President of Operations for Walmart. "This legislation will create a level playing field for online-only