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...South Africa appeal court dismisses case against Wal-Mart’s Massmart deal Regulators’ approval of Wal-Mart Stores Inc....
...http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/115447dc-92c9-11e1-b6e2-00144feab49a.html WalMart workers freed after mislabeling charges Authorities in Chongqing, China, released two Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees jailed...
...Jamie Dimon’s also in the NY Observer disguising JPMorgan as Wal-Mart. Second — Wal-Mart has a return on equity north of 20 per cent. JPM’s is 10.55 per cent....
...Wal-Mart may open India retail stores Wal-Mart and Carrefour may gain access to the retail market of the world’s second most-populous country after an Indian government panel was said to have recommended...
...Wal-Mart Stores is expected to compete in an auction against South Korea’s Lotte Shopping and private equity fund Carlyle Group to buy Indonesian retailer Matahari’s hypermarket busines, Reuters reports....
...That is why the biggest US and European chains – Wal-Mart, Metro, Carrefour, Hennes & Mauritz, Tesco and Bestbuy – must push for growth in developing markets....
...Hang Seng Bank, HSBC’s subsidiary, fell 9 per cent to HK$67.00 and Bank Of East Asia shed 7.4 per cent to HK$12.34. Li & Fung, a supplier to Wal-Mart Stores in the US, fell 4.1 per cent to HK$17.02....
...Wal-Mart Stores slid 1.6 per cent to $58.09 while Kroger lost 2.3 per cent to $28.18....
...The retailer, which operates over 1,100 bookshops in the US, Australasia and Singapore, has been struggling to reposition itself in the face of low-cost competition from rivals including Wal-Mart and Amazon.com...
...Pulling into the parking lot of Mardel’s Christian & Education bookstore, a chain with Wal-Mart-sized shops, Jim says: “Look at all these supposedly Christian people parked in the handicapped spaces.”...
...The retailer had been linked to Bharti Enterprises, which signed up with Wal-Mart last year, as well as Landmark of Dubai. “Negotiations are well on track,” Mr Duran said....
...“We need this foreign presence,” said de Castro, pointing out that Italy does not have a Wal-Mart, Carrefour or Tesco to promote its brands abroad....
...Last year Wal-Mart took a $863m hit when it sold off 85 stores in Germany to quit the country after eight loss-making years....
...River Garden is not far from a busy Wal-Mart store, whose presence is a remarkable break from the past....
...Home Depot, the second largest US retailer, has also been looking for possible partners in China, while Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, has been steadily expanding its presence there....
...India’s biggest industrial houses, including Reliance and Tata, have this year embarked on a breakneck bid to consolidate a fragmented and inefficient retailing sector before the likes of Wal-Mart and Tesco...
...Most Controversial The Waltons $78.9bn, Wal-Mart Bentonville, Arkansas What began in the 1960s as a family chain of variety stores in Arkansas has morphed into a global empire with 6,500 low-cost supermart...
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...Some big stores, including Wal-Mart and JC Penney, opened their doors this year at 5am, an hour earlier than usual, at the start of the most important shopping season of the year, or Black Friday – the first...
...THE WAL-MART EFFECT: How an Out-of-Town Superstore Became a Superpower by Charles Fishman Allen Lane ₤12.99, 304 pages A brave attempt to provide a balanced account of the retail giant....
...Albertson’s latest quarterly results, announced yesterday, reflected the continuing pressures on the retailer and other conventional supermarkets in the US from Wal-Mart and other discounters....
...They used to work in the semi-demolished store on the Long Beach seafront that I saw on Monday. Wal-Mart is still paying their wages and has promised them new jobs in another nearby store....
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