Faced with growing competition for consumers from Target, Walmart is taking steps to re-establish itself as a leader in low prices. The company says this will involved keeping better tabs on its competitor’s prices and working more closely with suppliers to lower the cost per item, simplifying its ad-match policy and retraining workers to implement it consistently, and returning many products to its shelves that had been removed from its inventory. Products will be reintroduced over the next few months and will be identified with flag labels that say “It’s back.”

The Wal-Mart Supercenter at the Crossroads Towne Center is setting the trend for Wal-Marts across the East Valley and across the nation, according to officials with the retail giant.

Several Gilbert Walmart Supercenters have made donations to help provide educational opportunities for students and educators in Gilbert public schools.

Gilbert police took an officer who shot a man during a scuffle in August off the street. Chad Biggs began his new job as a 911 dispatcher Jan. 4.

Verna McKay of Chandler stopped by her neighborhood Walmart recently to check out the fresh produce and snag some grand-reopening freebies.

Wal-Mart Corp. has begun a “grass roots” effort to gather support from its Gilbert shoppers.

Wal-Mart Corp. has begun a “grass roots” effort to gather support from its Gilbert shoppers.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - After watching its sales momentum surge over the past four decades, Wal-Mart Stores now finds it has to work harder to grow — with 3,900 stores nearly saturating the U.S. market, it’s the company’s sales strategy, not new retail outlets, that will determine Wal-Mart’s future.

TAMPA, Fla. - It’s not a union, but some Wal-Mart workers say it might be the next best thing. Searching for a voice in their work lives, employees of some central Florida Wal-Mart stores have formed a workers group to collectively air complaints about what they claim is shoddy treatment by the retail giant.