CLEVELAND, Ohio — Empty Walmarts litter America, and now one might be coming to Cleveland Heights.
Get used to it.
The nation's biggest retailer announced last week that it will close its store at Severance Town Center and open a bigger Supercenter less than a mile away in adjacent South Euclid, at the Oakwood Commons development opening next summer.
The move typifies Walmart Stores Inc.'s move from big-box stores to sprawling Supercenters stuffed with thousands more products. But critics who have studied the switch say the stores the company leaves behind often remain dark for years.
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