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...Ahrendts, the former chief executive of luxury fashion group Burberry, had led Apple’s retail and online stores for the past five years. She will be replaced by Deirdre O’Brien....
...climate deal exit) Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company (left after Paris climate deal exit) Rich Lesser, President and CEO, Boston Consulting Group Doug McMillon, President and CEO, Wal-Mart...
...executive, BlackRock Bob Iger- chairman and chief executive, The Walt Disney Company Rich Lesser- president and chief executive, Boston Consulting Group Doug McMillon- president and chief executive, Wal-Mart...
...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....
...Wal-mart is slowing its opening of new stores in China and Brazil after admitting it had made mistakes and let profitability slip in its haste to expand....
...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....
...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....
...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 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...
...However, the S&P retail index climbed 3.7 per cent to 403.51 as analysts said weaker consumer spending was already priced in to many retail shares, Wal-Mart’s same-store sales rose only 0.5 per cent in...
...Brambles, the world’s biggest maker of pallets, fell by 4.7 per cent to A$8.28 after the retail giant Wal-mart said it would review its pallet policy....
...“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....
...Wal-Mart gained 1.6 per cent to $42.94, after the retailer reduced its reported second-quarter profit by $153m as it took a charge from selling its German retail operations....
...Bharti and Wal-Mart will make a formidable combination....
...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....
...Drugstore CVS lost8.7 per cent to $29.32 as Wal-Mart announced it was expanding its discounted sales of generic drugs....
...A merger would help the two companies achieve greater scale as they brace for increased competition from foreign retailers such as Wal-Mart, the US group, and Carrefour, the French company....
...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....
...Wal-Mart was a bright spot among retailers, rising 0.9 per cent to $43.91 as its like-for-like sales rose 3.8 per cent in September, boosted by higher gasoline prices....
...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....
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