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...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...
...“Flogging DVDs in Bentonville [where Wal-Mart is headquartered] is not particularly sexy, but it’s what MGM was good at,” says one person who was close to the situation at the time....
...The opportunity turned out to be Wal-Mart....
...The positive news was slightly counteracted by disappointing same-store sales for March from some of the country’s leading retailers, especially Wal-Mart....
...Wal-Mart’s shares have gained almost 30 per cent over the same period....
...Wal-Mart’s profit warning came after disappointing December sales, one of several downbeat retail figures disclosed on Thursday....
...Elsewhere, McDonald’s – which along with Wal-Mart was one of only two stocks on the Dow Jones Industrial Average to end 2008 in positive territory – added 0.7 per cent to $58.40 after the release of results...
...Another bright spot was Wal-Mart, up 4.5 per cent to $55.85 on the back of better-than-expected revenue....
...Nearly a fifth of women in the US visit a Wal-Mart store at least once a week, a large proportion of them white and relatively low income....
...Wal-Mart Stores edged 0.3 per cent higher to $55.97 after JPMorgan upgraded its recommendation on the world’s largest retailer from “neutral” to “overweight”....
...Its stores have underperformed its rivals, CVS and Walgreens, while it faces growing competition from Wal-Mart....
...Wal-Mart Stores rose 1.2 per cent to $58.43, Procter & Gamble added 1.3 per cent to $65.82. Sears Holdings climbed 5 per cent to $82.78....
...Costco Wholesale reported a 9 per cent rise in same-store sales in May, while Wal-Mart reported a 3.9 per cent rise. Wal-Mart rose 3.7 per cent to $59.80 and Costco added 3.8 per cent to $73.50....
...Wal-Mart has a mixed record in Europe....
...Wal-Mart is to open several hundred new walk-in medical clinics at its stores that will be co-branded under its own name....
...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...
...Yet Port St Lucie has remained true to its modest roots, more Wal-Mart than Valentino....
...But Wal-Mart’s same-store sales rose 1.4 per cent in September, slightly less than expected. The shares gained 2.9 per cent to $46.90....
...Wal-Mart , however, 0.7 per cent weaker at $46.20, beat earnings expectations earlier this week....
...Retailers were in the spotlight after they reported some weak same-store sales for October. Wal-Mart sales increased by just 0.4 per cent, below the 1.1 per cent rise expected by analysts....
...Wal-Mart slipped 2.9 per cent at $43.93 after it lowered its capital expenditure guidance and said sales growth would slow in the next three years....
...Home Depot declined 2.4 per cent lower to $33.08, while Wal-Mart slipped 1.8 per cent to $43.16. Macy’s shed 3.2 per cent to $31.91....
...Even Wal-Mart, the campaigners’ favourite target on everything from employment rights to destroying mom and pop stores, has devoted itself to a range of “sustainability” projects....
...Wal-Mart shares were up 0.7 per cent to $42.76 after the largest US retailer said same-store sales rose 3.1 per cent in August, against estimates of 1-2 per cent growth....
...Coca-Cola has appointed Joe Tripodi, one of the US marketing industry’s highest-profile executives, as its new chief marketing officer, with responsibilities for relations with major customers such as Wal-Mart...
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