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ReviewFT Wealth
Book review: Still Broke by Rick Wartzman
...By the time Sam Walton opened his first Wal-mart in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962, his playbook to build a global retail giant was already drafted....
October 18, 2022
FT Magazine
How Walmart convinced critics it can sell more stuff and save the world
...Yet, as Charles Fishman wrote in The Wal-Mart Effect in 2006, Walmart derives all of its impact from us, “from our willingness to open our wallets, just a few dollars at a time . . ....
October 13, 2022
FT Live
Global Private Banking Awards 2024
Celebrating excellence in wealth management
Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
US & Canadian companies
Walmart boosts LatAm ecommerce push with Cornershop purchase
...Walmex, which this month released moderate sales growth in August with same-store sales up 5.9 per cent, but below the market consensus of 6.8 per cent, has nearly 2,400 stores in Mexico....
September 13, 2018
Inside BusinessSujeet Indap
Unexpected victories for unorthodox shareholder activists
...First, higher wages can make employees more productive — Wal-Mart’s recent wage raises were justified on these grounds....
December 17, 2018
Retail & Consumer industry
Glory fades for LA’s once-thriving jewellery district
...One example is the LA Jewelry mart, a large brick-façade building on Olive Street, which has been redeveloped as office space with retail stores on the ground level....
September 1, 2018
News in-depthTechnology sector
Netflix investors brace for repeat of subscriber ‘miss’
...Other retailers are following in the footsteps of Amazon Prime Video, with Wal-Mart and Costco reported to be trying to beef up their online channels....
October 16, 2018
FT Live
Future of Retail
Securing long-term business growth with technology innovation
Tuesday, 17 SeptemberLondon, UK
US & Canadian companies
Norway’s oil fund sells out of Warren Buffett-owned utility
...Among the companies excluded are groups such as Airbus, Boeing, Japan Tobacco, Rio Tinto and Wal Mart....
July 10, 2018
US & Canadian companies
Truck driver shortage squeezes General Mills profits
...But the discounting strategies of retailing powers Amazon and Wal-Mart are making it difficult for goods makers to raise prices....
March 21, 2018
US & Canadian companies
Walmart drops ‘stores’ from name to reflect online focus
...Starting in February 2018, the company will shorten its name from “Wal-mart Stores, Inc.” to “Walmart Inc.”....
December 6, 2017
US equities
US stocks push higher on GDP, tech gains
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average, however, was largely flat at 23,387, held back by early losses for Nike and Wal-Mart....
October 27, 2017
FT AlphavilleDan McCrum
Beware the FARA side
...The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act was also once just an obscure statute, until companies such as Wal Mart started to face nine figure compliance costs....
January 16, 2018
US politics & policy
Trump wealth slides on NY property market, ‘new information’ – Forbes
...Alice Walton was the highest placed woman, with a net worth of $38.2bn, ranking the heir to the Wal-Mart Stores fortune at 13 – the same position as last year....
October 17, 2017
FT AlphavilleCardiff Garcia
Unlike manufacturing council, no member of Trump’s “Strategic and Policy Forum” has resigned over Charlottesville
...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...
August 16, 2017
FT AlphavilleRetail & Consumer industry
Whole Foods vs the activists
...Over the last two years Whole Foods’ sales figures have been languishing due to increasing competition in specialty foods from the likes of Kroger, Wal-Mart and Costco....
June 16, 2017
Retail & Consumer industry
Wal-Mart reports strong ecommerce sales growth during third quarter
...and rolling out a mobile payments system across its US stores....
November 17, 2016
FT Live
Transforming the Finance Function with AI
Strategies for delivering advanced analytics, automation and decision-making
Thursday, 25 AprilDigital Conference
US & Canadian companies
Retail stocks back in black as border tax rumour mill grinds on
...was up 6.4 per cent Kohl’s up 5 per cent L Brands up 4.3 per cent Gap up 3.6 per cent Best Buy up 2.6 per cent Macy’s up 2.4 per cent Urban Outfitters, Target and Hanesbrands all up 2.3 per cent Wal-Mart...
February 24, 2017
Energy sector
Norway oil fund excludes Duke Energy over environmental fears
...The companies include Airbus, Boeing, Philip Morris, Rio Tinto and Wal Mart. Duke did not immediately respond to a request for comment....
September 7, 2016
World
Carney excites the UK credit number-crunchers
...Wal-Mart owns Asda; Apple claims to have 6500 employees in the UK; BMW still has significant operations associated with its Mini brand; AT&T claims to employ almost 1500 people in the UK....
September 8, 2016
Retail & Consumer industry
Asda offloads loss-making photo business to Photo-Me
...Last week Asda, which is owned by US retail giant Wal-Mart, unveiled its steepest quarterly sales decline on record....
August 23, 2016
European companies
Norwegian oil fund sells shares in Duke Energy
...The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund put Duke on its list of more than 110 companies that it will not buy shares in, which includes Airbus, Boeing, Philip Morris, Rio Tinto and Wal Mart....
September 7, 2016
fastFT
Nike leads the Dow this year, Wal-Mart lags: a table
...But that obscures a sharp divergence between many blue-chip companies. Here’s a look at the top, and bottom, performers as the year draws to a close....
December 22, 2015
Gold
US markets on backfoot ahead of Fed minutes
...But the S&P 500 consumer staples index fell 1.5 per cent following a sharp sell-off in shares of Hormel Foods and Wal-Mart....
May 18, 2016
FT AlphavilleEquities
Richard Koo’s chart to explain the past 200 years
...In the US this shift led to the emergence of huge discount retailers like Wal-Mart and Costco, while in Japan it was reflected by the explosive growth in so-called 100-yen shops....
August 25, 2016
News in-depthThe Big Read
Pharmaceuticals: Staying power
...He adds: “It has the same active ingredient, so it should work the same, but if someone says ‘I want Cheerios, not Wal-Mart-Os’, then why should they not get what they’re paying for?”...
August 21, 2016
UK retail results
Asda: sales improvement ‘won’t come overnight’
...Mr Clarke had previously hoped that a 4.7 per cent decline in sales during the second quarter of 2015 would mark a “nadir” for the company, which is owned by US retail giant Wal-Mart....
February 18, 2016

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