Wall-Mart to sell guns are more stores

Wal-Mart Stores Inc, is bringing back rifles and shotguns to about 500 U.S. Walmart stores, mostly in rural areas, in an attempt to make its outlets one-stop shopping destinations.

The move comes as the world’s largest retailer attempts to reverse seven straight quarters of same-store sales declines.

Wal-Mart U.S. already carries hunting weapons in more than 1,000 of its about 3,600 namesake locations. The company sells handguns only in Alaska, a spokesman said. “We are working to deliver the broadest and most relevant assortment” to our customers, he said.

Wal-Mart had stopped selling guns at all but a third of its U.S. stores five years ago because of diminished sales, The Wall Street Journal reported, adding the retailer acknowledged that some slower-selling items were more critical to driving store traffic than it had originally thought.

Associated Press