Elliot Maras, editor of Automatic Merchandiser, notes in his blog that Wal-Mart Stores has suffered some difficult financial results recently despite its outstanding track record. Maras notes that Wal-Mart is not the first and only business superstar to suffer setbacks. He notes that all businesses must continually pay attention to changing market conditions and have a structure in place that allows them to respond. To read the blog, got to: www.vendingmarketwatch.com/blog/