Should Wal-mart increase their prices consumer spending would decrease in demand for their products

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Wal-Mart the world's largest company continues to dramatically convert the retail setting by exploring new growth avenues, selling new categories of merchandise, operating in new geographies and business sectors, and appealing to new customers.  Wal-Mart along with other U.S.-based retailers continues to dominate the Food, drug, mass (FDM). Mainly, because of the strength among regional retailers, home-good retailers and by weaknesses among companies that operate in the soft goods sector. Wal-Mart was at the top of the list of retailers that benefited from the surge last year in retail spending, which also helped insulated them from the impact of a weak dollar. Soft goods struggled while homegoods led the way. Sales weakened by apparel deflation, the soft goods sector also posted much slower growth than the food, drug, mass sector and homegoods retailers which benefited from strong housing markets around the world.