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...Wal-Mart Stores (Retail) 48. Home Depot (Consumer Goods) 49. Yahoo! (Technology) 50. Morgan Stanley (Finance) 51. Discovery Communications (Media) 52. Colgate-Palmolive (Consumer Goods) 53....
...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...
...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....
...At an open meeting for investors in New York, Mr Ackman will argue that a lack of relevant expertise among independent board members has contributed to Target’s underperforming its larger rival Wal-Mart...
...Wal-Mart’s shares have gained almost 30 per cent over the same period....
...The retailer, in common with Wal-Mart, owns the majority of the land on which its stores and distribution centres stand, with less than 6 per cent of its properties currently under lease....
...The company’s cheeses, which will soon include English cheddar, are being sold in supermarkets along the country’s east coast, including branches of Tesco and Wal-Mart....
...Consequently, investors should seek out companies that provide consumers with “value propositions, both real and perceived”: Wal-Mart is one of the few stocks that is up year to date in the S&P 500, while...
...• Funds managed by Mr Tilson own Berkshire Hathaway, McDonald’s, Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, Amex, Target, Crosstex Energy, Atlas Pipeline Partners, Leucadia National, Wendy’s and EchoStar Corporation....
...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...
...The retailer serves more prosperous middle-class customers than the bigger Wal-Mart and has set standards for its effective marketing and creation of “cheap chic” private label brands by designers including...
...McDonald’s rose 3.2 per cent to $51.76 after the fast food group said that its global same-store sales rose 8.1 per cent in August....
...“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....
...Retailers such as Carrefour and Wal-Mart say it is essential to find store locations near to public transport because few shoppers are willing or able to drive....
...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....
...Wal-Mart has also launched football-themed marketing events at stores with significant Hispanic customers, with 155 stores participating in events that include setting up Astroturf football fields in the...
...The founder of the Bombay Fruit Mart would not recognise Khan Market today, McDonald’s at one end, Swarovski at the other, with new designer shops springing up in between....
...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...
...For every high-profile arrival in Korea this year, there seems to have been an even more prominent exit – international retailers and consumer goods companies including Wal-Mart Stores, Carrefour, Pfizer...
...Tesco recently lost out to two local South Korean retailers in the auction for both Wal-Mart’s and Carrefour’s stores....
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