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...With Vietnam’s traditional markets declining in popularity, the number of convenience stores in 2020 jumped 6.7 per cent from the year before and the number of supermarkets rose 3.8 per cent, according to...
...In the third quarter, Walmart’s revenue rose 0.7 per cent to $118.2bn, and excluding currency fluctuations rose 2.5 per cent....
...Retailers Wal-Mart, Ross Stores and Gap report quarterly earnings....
...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....
...lobbying India’s Cabinet approved a retired judge to probe claims that Wal-Mart Stores Inc....
...It’s been quite a year for Wal-Mart de México, the US retailer’s Mexican arm....
...Shares in the Walmart group rose slightly in New York....
...In other earnings news, Ross Stores, operator of discount apparel retail stores, met analysts’ expectations, as profits for the third quarter rose 11 per cent on higher sales and improved margins....
...Mexico became the Arkansas-based company’s first foreign market in 1991 and remains among its most successful, with more than 2,000 stores and sales of 379bn pesos ($28.7bn) last year....
...steps up Argentina pressure * Rusal’s $43bn seven-year Glencore deal feeds feud * Embraer warns on US Air Force contract * Egypt halts gas supplies to Israel * Big fine for Hong Kong IPO sponsor * Wal-Mart...
...Wal-Mart de Mexico, Mexico’s largest retailer, reported a 26 per cent leap in fourth-quarter profits as improving consumer confidence and aggressive store expansion boosted sales....
...ftcamp=rss Wal-Mart workers freed after mislabeling charges Authorities in Chongqing, China, released two Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees jailed six months ago over a food-labeling violation, as the retailer...
...Related reading: Russian retail: not recommended for foreigners, Vedomosti (Russian) Emerging markets: lessons from Wal-Mart, FT Walmart plans its Russia return, FT...
...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...
...http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-23/wal-mart-bribery-probe-may-exposes-retailer-to-u-s-fines.html Bahrain F1 race completed amid tight security Bahrain’s Grand Prix passed off without major incident...
...Tesco is also the third-largest supermarket chain in the world, behind US giant Wal-Mart and French supermarket group Carrefour....
...Walmex fourth-quarter profit jumps 26% Wal-Mart de Mexico, Mexico’s largest retailer, reported a 26 per cent leap in fourth-quarter profits as improving consumer confidence and aggressive store expansion...
...About half its 750 stores are expected to be closed. China’s ICBC gained Fed approval to buy the US subsidiary of Bank of East Asia; marking a watershed moment for Chinese lenders, says the FT....
...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...
...Li & Fung sources everything from T-shirts and anoraks to furniture and beauty products for western retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores and Toys R’ Us....
...Wal-Mart is a striking example of the shift in value from services to resources and heavy engineering, falling from 7 last year to 19....
...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....
...Carrefour, the world’s biggest supermarkets group after Wal-Mart of the US, is planning to sell its operations in Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore to focus on countries in which it is market leader....
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