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...While the black taffeta evening gowns and sturdy looking peacoats on Karlie Kloss et al shouted winter, the models’ peachy complexions were all spring – try Bobbi Brown’s Sheer Color Cheek Tint in Sheer...
...South Africa appeal court dismisses case against Wal-Mart’s Massmart deal Regulators’ approval of Wal-Mart Stores Inc....
...United States v Apple, Inc et al is more than a US Justice department antitrust action against publishers allegedly colluding on ebook prices....
...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...
...At Wal-Mart, for instance, more than 40 per cent of the online orders on the retailer’s website are sent for pick-up at a local store, as customers seek to avoid the costs and timing uncertainties of home...
...Wal-Mart, after joining the CDP, found that the refrigerants it used in its grocery stores made up a larger percentage of its footprint than its truck fleet. It is working on a solution....
...Not a big deal on the face of it, but for the French group – the world’s second-biggest retailer after Wal-Mart of the US – the importance of its home market cannot be underestimated....
...In mid-November, Gregg Steinhaffel, president of Target, Wal-Mart’s discount rival, gave some indications that concerns were changing buying patterns....
...Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, is dipping its toes into online grocery sales, with the expansion of a home shipping service for products including Perrier water and free-trade coffee at Sam’s Club, its...
...Wal-Mart makes a high-profile target for local groups, which argue that the US chain has a history of wiping out small high street stores....
...Wal-Mart’s US floorspace after 45 years in business came to 600m sq ft as of October. India’s “mom and pop” stores are just as likely to be put to the wall by Reliance as by Wal-Mart....
...In a sign that political Wal-Mart is here to stay, Leslie Dach, a former political adviser to Al Gore’s failed 2000 presidential campaign, this month becomes head of its government relations and corporate...
...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...
...And second, via ambitious plans to transform Indian food retailing that will see Bharti, in alliance with Wal-Mart Stores, open western-style hypermarkets across India....
...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...
...Best Buy’s move follows Wal-Mart, which is currently the only US mass retailer with a presence in China....
...Low prices continue to lure millions of Americans to Wal-Mart, despite the opprobrium the store chain’s employment and sourcing policies provoke in ethical campaigners....
...Wal-Mart rose 4 per cent to $47.31 on expectations of October’s same-store sales being 4.3 per cent higher than last year, while Caterpillar rose 3 per cent to $52.59 as it eyed compound annual earnings...
...Sales figures from US retail companies were mixed yesterday, with Wal-Mart saying July same-store sales rose 4.4 per cent. But the shares in the retailer slipped 0.8 per cent to $49.29....
...Some time soon the notoriously liberal ninth circuit federal appeals court in California will hear arguments in the case of Women v Wal-Mart (official name: Dukes v Wal-Mart Stores)....
...For department stores, which face mounting competition from speciality retailers and discounters such as Wal-Mart and Target, the holiday season represents a prime opportunity to convince consumers that...
...Wal-Mart's pyramid scheming Wal-Mart's expedition to Mexico lives on....
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