Wal-Mart Plans to Invade Big Cities Like New York 4.49K Brian Moylan 09/20/10 05:05PM Filed to: The Future The Future Wal-Mart Shopping Duane Reade Starbucks Gettypic To boost sales, Wal-Mart is looking to open smaller stores in urban areas, and the chain is planning several 20,000-square-foot outposts in Queens and lower Manhattan. Great, now everything will be a Duane Reade, Starbucks, bank branch, or Wal-Mart.