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    Signage outside a Walmart store  2021. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by David Paul Morris.

    Walmart closing an Everett store that locals say was plagued by theft

    Walmart is closing an underperforming store in Everett that some neighboring businesses say has been plagued by theft.

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