[DoodleDawg]

They are just closing the stores because their accountants tell them they are big losers, for whatever reasons.

Then why close them temporarily? Why not just say it's closed and be done with it?

[Cen-Tejas]

......my “guess” is that Walmart Execs would not want their “profitability” regarding ANY store, much less the whole chain, to have to be defended in a generally hostile International Forum/Media.

Out of 11,000 stores, there surely are going to be six bad ones.

[terycarl]

Then why close them temporarily? Why not just say it's closed and be done with it?

They probably did...