IF YOU RECOGNIZE EITHER MAN,
CALL POLICE.
A BIG MOVE BY WAL-MART.
THE RETAIL GIANT IS CLOSING 154
STORES IN THE UNITED STATES,
INCLUDING TWO IN HOUSTON.
AT NOON WE TOLD YOU THESE TWO
LOCATIONS, ONE ON FM 1960 AND
CUTTEN ROAD, AND AT GUESS TER
ROAD AND KEMPWOOD.
THOSE ARE AMONG SEVERAL THAT ARE
SET TO CLOSE.
NOW WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE
IMPACT TO CUSTOMERS.
GIANNA CASERTA TALKED IS LIVE
FROM THE WAL-MART THAT'S
SCHEDULED TO GOES.
Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
CUSTOMERS WE SPOKE WITH WERE
VERY UPSET TO HEAR THE NEWS.
BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,
EMPLOYEES MUST BE EVEN MORE
UPSET.
395 EMPLOYEES WILL BE OUT OF A
JOB AND THAT'S JUST FROM THE TWO
STORES HERE IN HOUSTON.
THIS IS ONE OF THE -- MY
FAVORITE STORES BECAUSE YOU CAN
GET IN AND GET OUT.
Reporter: IT WAS NEWS THAT NO
CUSTOMER WANTED TO HEAR.
OH, NO, PLEASE.
IT CAN'T.
NO.
Reporter: THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD
WAL-MART WOULD BE CLOSING ITS
DOORS ON JANUARY 28th.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NOW?
I HAVE TO GO CLEAR ACROSS TOWN.
Reporter: THE RETAIL GIANT
ANNOUNCED IT WOULD BE CLOSING
269 STORES WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING
TWO IN OUR AREA.
THE SUPERCENTER WAL-MART ON
FM 1960 AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
MARKET LOCATION, AT 2 SCFN 40
GESSNER -- 2740 GESSNER ROAD.
COME HERE OFTEN?
AT LEAST THREE, FOUR TIMES A
WEEK.
Reporter: THE CLOSURES WILL
AFFECT 16,000 WORKERS.
10,000 OF THEM IN THE UNITED
STATES.
WAL-MARTS EVERYTHING YOU
NEED, SO IT'S CRAZY THAT THEY
WOULD BE CLOSING ANY OF THEIR
STORES.
Reporter: IN A STATEMENT THE
C.E.O. SAID ACTIVELY MANAGING
OUR PORTFOLIO OF ASSETS IS
ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAINING A
HEALTHY BUSINESS.
HE GOES ON TO SAY, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE'LL
OPEN WELL MORE THAN 300 STORES
AROUND THE WORLD NEXT YEAR.
SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO GROWING
BUT WE'RE BEING DISCIPLINED
ABOUT IT.
AND WE'RE TOLD THE COMPANY WILL
BE GIVING IMPACTED ASSOCIATES
PRIORITY AT OPEN -- AT OPEN
POSITIONS AT OTHER STORES
NEARBY.
REPORTING LIVE IN WEST HOUSTON,
I'M GIANNA CASERTA, KPRC
CHANNEL 2 NEWS.
AND MANY OF YOU ARE SOUNDING
OFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
ASH MORE SAYS THIS IS BAD.
OLGA SAYS SHE FEELS BAD FOR
PEOPLE LOSING THEIR JOBS AND
TERESA WROTE IN SAYING THAT ALL
WAL-MARTS SHOULD CLOSE TO MAKE
