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...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....
...drive to neutralise the price challenge from Wal-Mart and other discounters....
...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...
...Asda, owned by Wal-Mart of the US, Wm Morrison, Sainsbury, the Co-operative and Waitrose are likely to be interested in a tranche of stores....
...Although Wal-Mart , up 3.2 per cent at $48.40, reported solid results and other low-cost chains fared well, niche retailers disappointed as middle-market consumers cut back on discretionary spending....
...Stores of the US....
...“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....
...Today, the retailer is halfway through a three-year recovery programme under Justin King who once worked at Asda – the UK arm of Wal-Mart....
...Although Wal-Mart has recently been linked with a possible Australian foray, Tesco would be better placed, as Mr Fletcher has said his overhaul plan was modelled on the UK retailer....
...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....
...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...
...Federal Department Stores, owner of Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s, Gap and Wal-Mart all reported higher monthly sales as shoppers were tempted out by warmer weather....
...So far, it looks to have a more imaginative and flexible foreign policy than the established superpower Wal-Mart....
...He equated the Iraq war to the US, to Wal-Mart and to Asda.”...
...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....
...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....
...Specialty toy retailers have been under pressure in recent years by the big discounter retailers, mainly Wal-Mart and Target, which have aggressively cut prices on popular toys....
...He has told his creative directors that they will be judged in part by their in-store ideas. "Tomorrow's heroes will be those who reconfigured a Wal-Mart [store]," he says....
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