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SUNBURY, Pa. -- Weis Markets last week embarked on a 10,000-square-foot expansion and extensive remodel of the North Fourth Street store in its hometown here, the latest step in an ongoing $91 million cap ex program.

MILFORD, Conn. - It's been a busy summer for Subway. The international sandwich chain based here said last week that during the months of June and July it opened 340 new restaurants in 35 countries around the world, among them 208 locations in 39 U.S. states and seven Canadian provinces.

SUNBURY, Pa. -- Weis Markets last week embarked on a 10,000-square-foot expansion and extensive remodel of the North Fourth Street store in its hometown here, the latest step in an ongoing $91 million cap ex program.

AMES, Iowa - On the heels of Wal-Mart's announcement that it's abandoning its one-size-fits-all approach to retailing in an effort to increase sales, an Iowa State University business professor here who has researched Wal-Mart's success said the strategy entails many risks.

MILFORD, Conn. - It's been a busy summer for Subway. The international sandwich chain based here said last week that during the months of June and July it opened 340 new restaurants in 35 countries around the world, among them 208 locations in 39 U.S. states and seven Canadian provinces.

NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the world's largest retailer, is working on an ambitious new strategy to make its U.S. stores more relevant by setting aside its cookie-cutter past, and instead positioning stores for specific demographic groups, said Eduardo Castro-Wright, president and c.e.o. of yesterday during a presentation at the Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference here.

NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the world's largest retailer, is working on an ambitious new strategy to make its U.S. stores more relevant by setting aside its cookie-cutter past, and instead positioning stores for specific demographic groups, said Eduardo Castro-Wright, president and c.e.o. of yesterday during a presentation at the Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference here.

NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the world's largest retailer, is working on an ambitious new strategy to make its U.S. stores more relevant by setting aside its cookie-cutter past, and instead positioning stores for specific demographic groups, said Eduardo Castro-Wright, president and c.e.o. of yesterday during a presentation at the Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference here.