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...By the time Sam Walton opened his first Wal-mart in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962, his playbook to build a global retail giant was already drafted....
...Berkshire’s housing businesses, including modular home unit Clayton Homes and home decor retailer Nebraska Furniture Mart, offered hints about how consumers were responding to higher prices and increased...
...Yet, as Charles Fishman wrote in The Wal-Mart Effect in 2006, Walmart derives all of its impact from us, “from our willingness to open our wallets, just a few dollars at a time . . ....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on September 12, 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...“Both Lotte and E-Mart were eager to take over eBay’s operations but E-Mart offered about Won500bn more,” added the industry official....
...“It's happening after Facebook's Reliance deal, just in time to align with Jio Mart's payments gateway integration.”...
...The setting is Los Angeles, a low-rise beige-out of warehouses and mini-marts....
Sales growth for the Model 3 in China relies heavily on staying on the nation’s subsidies list
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on October 19, 2020. ©2020 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Japan Inc has found a new purpose for automation: business continuity in the uncertain era of Covid-19....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on January 28 2020. ©2020 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Ramsay Fairs, the group that owns the Affordable Art Fair and Pulse Art Fair, has bought Volta from Merchandise Mart Properties Inc (MMPI), the company that also runs New York’s Armory Show....
...First, higher wages can make employees more productive — Wal-Mart’s recent wage raises were justified on these grounds....
...Hill Street and encouraged the family-owned jewellery businesses to concentrate in what became the California Jewelry Mart....
...Other retailers are following in the footsteps of Amazon Prime Video, with Wal-Mart and Costco reported to be trying to beef up their online channels....
...Both fairs have the same owner, Merchandise Mart Properties Inc....
...They will get discounts on goods from Berkshire’s companies, from Nebraska Furniture Mart to Borsheims Fine Jewelry. They will see old friends....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on June 18, 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Among the companies excluded are groups such as Airbus, Boeing, Japan Tobacco, Rio Tinto and Wal Mart....
...But the discounting strategies of retailing powers Amazon and Wal-Mart are making it difficult for goods makers to raise prices....
...Corporate earnings reports out today include FamilyMart UNY Holdings, ABC-Mart and Lawsons....
...Starting in February 2018, the company will shorten its name from “Wal-mart Stores, Inc.” to “Walmart Inc.”....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average, however, was largely flat at 23,387, held back by early losses for Nike and Wal-Mart....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on June 5, 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
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