Wal-Mart Tracking Sales of Eco-friendly Items
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has begun tracking the shopping habits of its "green" shoppers, using what it calls a "Live Better Index" -- a barometer of customer attitudes, based on sales of compact florescent light bulbs, organic milk and baby food, extended-life paper products, and laundry detergents in concentrated form or with reduced packaging.