Why Walmart's winning: Gas prices pump up retailer's sales.

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      The article reports that falling gasoline prices in the second half of 2008 have contributed to the continued growth in sales at the retail trade chain Wal-Mart Stores, which has been an exception to the trend of declining overall sales in the trade. Gasoline costs take more of the discretionary income of Wal-Mart's lower- and middle-income customer base, so a decline has a greater effect on those consumers' spending ability.