Hints and tips:
...At online lender 9F Inc, three investors bought 99.9 per cent of its public offering....
...The regulator initiated enforcement action against some Walgreens outlets and against rival Circle K Stores, warning the retailers that it would vigorously enforce the law....
...Hill Street and encouraged the family-owned jewellery businesses to concentrate in what became the California Jewelry Mart....
...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...
...He adds: “It has the same active ingredient, so it should work the same, but if someone says ‘I want Cheerios, not Wal-Mart-Os’, then why should they not get what they’re paying for?”...
...Howard Schiller, acting chief executive officer, said: This determination and the need to delay our 10-K filing are very disappointing but necessary....
...A combination of the K-Y brand with Durex would mean the consumer group held an “almost three-quarters of the market share in supermarkets and national pharmacies, where the majority of customers buy these...
...supermarkets and pharmacies, the CMA said....
...(Financial Times) Walgreens urged to leave US to gain tax benefit: Walgreens has come under pressure from an influential group of its shareholders, who want the US pharmacy chain to consider relocating...
...(Reuters) WSJ ordered not to divulge Libor names: “A British judge ordered the Journal and David Enrich, the newspaper’s European banking editor, to comply with a request by the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office...
...In the past quarter, Loblaw, Canada’s biggest retailer by sales, acquired the pharmacy chain Shoppers Drug Mart for $12bn while Sobeys, another local chain, bought Safeway’s Canadian stores for $5.7bn....
...The first of the 401(k) lawsuits to make it to trial claims the Swiss engineering group ABB Inc and two units of Fidelity Investments are fiduciaries of ABB’s employee retirement plans and therefore defendants...
...Between 1998 and 2005 he worked for Wal-Mart’s international division holding a range of commercial positions, rising to Chief Operating Officer in Germany....
...With Wal-Mart also pushing suppliers to use Wal-Mart TV, growth “is outpacing the early days of the internet twofold”, he adds....
...Indeed, the letter from Kraft Chief Executive Irene Rosenfeld said a deal would increase jobs in the U.K....
...which Target outperformed Wal-Mart before the recession....
...home furnishings, pharmacy, and online....
...Wal-Mart also reported the sixth consecutive month of increases in customer traffic....
...The annual package of bonuses, which include cash bonuses and additional contributions to pension savings accounts, comes as several troubled retailers have suspended contributions to their staff’s 401(k)...
...Welspun, the biggest supplier of towels to Wal-Mart, told the Financial Times New Delhi should increase subsidies for exporters....
...Wal-Mart saw sales at its supercentre and discount stores open at least a year rise 2.8 per cent, led by its grocery and health sales, which includes pharmacy....
...Sears, which has more than 3,800 stores in the US and Canada under the Sears and K-Mart brands, announced several measures to tackle the depressed retailing environment....
...Newer manifestations of CSR, such as Professor C.K. Prahalad’s “fortune at the bottom of the pyramid” have more zing....
...Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, already operates more than 4,000 pharmacies at its superstores and warehouse clubs across the US....
...During the quarter, Mr Castro-Wright said Wal-Mart’s electronics and pharmacy business had seen strong growth....
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