Wal-Mart Said to Discuss Moving Regional Staff to Arkansas
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is discussing shifting regional operating staff in the field back to headquarters, a bid to reduce expenses and reassert control over its sprawling operations, two people familiar with the situation said.
The move would relocate personnel from around the U.S. to the corporate office in Bentonville, Arkansas, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter isn’t yet public. Staff for each region oversee a grouping of stores for Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer. It has about 4,500 U.S. locations in all.