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...At Wal-Mart, for instance, more than 40 per cent of the online orders on the retailer’s website are sent for pick-up at a local store, as customers seek to avoid the costs and timing uncertainties of home...
...Wal-Mart rose 4 per cent to $47.31 on expectations of October’s same-store sales being 4.3 per cent higher than last year, while Caterpillar rose 3 per cent to $52.59 as it eyed compound annual earnings...
...Sales figures from US retail companies were mixed yesterday, with Wal-Mart saying July same-store sales rose 4.4 per cent. But the shares in the retailer slipped 0.8 per cent to $49.29....
...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....
...For department stores, which face mounting competition from speciality retailers and discounters such as Wal-Mart and Target, the holiday season represents a prime opportunity to convince consumers that...
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