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...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 . . ....
...It sounds like the set-up for a Vietnamese riddle: why did the car company buy the supermarket?...
...Set up by three entrepreneurs in San Francisco in 2015, who will continue at the helm, the app-based venture, works by sourcing products from supermarkets, pharmacies and other retailers and delivering them...
...Subscribe | Group subscriptions Meanwhile, South Korean conglomerate Lotte plans to increase the number of its Lotte Mart supermarkets in Vietnam to 87 from the current 13....
...Whole Foods, the supermarket chain, opened a store in the area in 2015....
...The company’s Neighbourhood Market supermarkets increased 5.2 per cent....
...Korean discount chain E-mart is reportedly pulling out of China altogether after two decades of losses....
...Last week Asda, which is owned by US retail giant Wal-Mart, unveiled its steepest quarterly sales decline on record....
...Germany’s Metro also recently opened its first two My Mart convenience stores in the city. Domestic entrants are even more aggressive....
...Mr Clarke had previously hoped that a 4.7 per cent decline in sales during the second quarter of 2015 would mark a “nadir” for the company, which is owned by US retail giant Wal-Mart....
...Almost all the UK supermarkets on the list sit in the bottom half. Ms Parmar criticises the industry’s “lack of strong leadership”....
...More than 30 per cent of supermarket shoppers continue to shop regularly at Walmart’s 412 stores in 165 cities nationwide, ahead of Carrefour and local rivals such as Sun Art’s RT-Mart chain....
...Coupang faces competition from Daum Kakao, maker of South Korea’s overwhelmingly popular KakaoTalk chat app, which is making a push into online shopping, as are supermarket chains such as E-Mart....
...Yet Lotte’s biggest South Korean supermarket rival, E-Mart, has given up on its lossmaking Chinese business – its only overseas presence – and is seeking buyers for its remaining 15 stores with a view to...
...With access to many products including Coke cut off, they made their own cola – called Kola Real in Peru – in their back yard and sold it in empty beer bottles....
...Chinese shoppers spend on average less than $25 per supermarket visit....
...Nearly three months after putting its restaurant chain, Vips, up for sale, Wal-Mart de México y Centroamérica has finally found a taker: Alsea, Mexico’s largest fast and casual-restaurant operator, as well...
...Competition from other supermarket chains in Mexico is heating up. Meanwhile, consumer confidence has taken a hit. Walmex’s shares dipped 1.22 per cent despite the profit rise....
...(WSJ) “Wal-Mart was cleared of allegations that it violated a prohibition on foreign investment in supermarkets, two senior officials familiar with the probe said....
...The timing is apt given the resurgence of Mexico’s other supermarket chains....
...The war of the supermarket titans is back on....
...And I know their trade has suffered badly since Sainsbury’s opened up a mini-mart, six months ago....
...Aeon, Japan’s largest supermarket group, said it posted record net profit in the full year to the end of February and forecast another record performance in the current year....
...The vegetable section resembled that of any modern supermarket but for the burly female employee who stood in the aisle barking out bargains....
...Encouraged by the E-Mart TV’s unexpected popularity, other supermarket chains and online shopping sites followed suit....
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