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...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 . . ....
...We are doing record business. We have the highest levels of enthusiasm, so the head of Walmart, who I know, who’s a very nice guy, was making a political statement....
...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....
...The full roster is as follows: Stephen A....
...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....
...The notion that smaller cities can offer bigger opportunities isn’t exactly new: think Wal-Mart, which opened its first store in Rogers, Arkansas, and built one of the world’s largest businesses by avoiding...
...Wal-Mart’s annual meeting is at noon UK time....
...(Reuters) “Wal-Mart has sued Visa for more than $5 billion, claiming the card network charged unreasonably high fees when the retailer’s customers paid with plastic.”...
...For years, investors and analysts have asked what Wal-Mart de México y Centroamérica, Mexico’s largest retailer, was doing with a chain of budget restaurants....
...lobbying India’s Cabinet approved a retired judge to probe claims that Wal-Mart Stores Inc....
...Wal-mart is slowing its opening of new stores in China and Brazil after admitting it had made mistakes and let profitability slip in its haste to expand....
...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...
...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...
...South Africa appeal court dismisses case against Wal-Mart’s Massmart deal Regulators’ approval of Wal-Mart Stores Inc....
...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....
...Many western banks have been frustrated by the lack of a clear rule of law in Indonesia and others have avoided doing business with many of the most connected families in Indonesia for fear that those same...
...As the Wall Street Journal reported: Wal-Mart informed its suppliers in a Nov. 2 letter of its new “Supplier Alliance Program,” in which eligible suppliers can get payment for their orders in 10 to 15 days...
...Mr Leighton described Mr Philips as “a good retailer”. David Wild, chief executive of Halfords, who worked with him at Wal-Mart Germany, said he was “a great guy, really people focused”....
...Wal-Mart pulled out in 1998 after an ill-fated foray into Indonesia in the late 1990s, ended in a dispute with its partner Lippo Group, an Indonesian conglomerate....
...With Wal-Mart also pushing suppliers to use Wal-Mart TV, growth “is outpacing the early days of the internet twofold”, he adds....
...Wal-Mart, for example, is remodelling its stores to retain middle-market shoppers, and plans to begin an eco-labelling programme to appeal to green-minded shoppers....
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