Engineering a Change at Wal-Mart

Under new Stores CEO Castro-Wright, Wal-Mart makes the correct turn at a key historical fork in the road.  Should it play follow the leader with Target?  Should it buy into the "luxury for the masses" consultant speak?  Or should it listen to itself, while seeking to update and change it's internal understanding of the outside world?   By choosing the later of the three Wal-Mart...

Castro-Wright says his strategy, not the economic down turn saved the company's bottom line.  But, the facts don't bear that position out .  Investors should be weary of retail executives that believe their own press clippings.